stonewalling
Example Sentences
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After stonewalling every adult who tells him to open up, Robby does just that with an orphaned infant, saying that he, too, was abandoned by his mother as a child.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Strike action is not currently a plausible option, but while the Slams feel they are listening and engaging, the players think they are stonewalling - and will consider their next move after the Australian Open.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
But Johnson is really being tied up in knots for his stonewalling over the Jeffrey Epstein files.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
That proposal was “met with stonewalling by the Qatari Royals,” the complaint alleges.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
“In a word, yes. I’m guessing now, but I think she believes that Branwell is stonewalling, that his silence is just a stubborn refusal to talk about what happened.”
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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