froze
Example Sentences
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Ramos-Brito, a cook, had no idea that was going on as traffic froze on Alondra in front of a Home Depot.
From Los Angeles Times
It came in handy when the Walkers froze salaries for several years amid the difficulties.
Apple Daily closed in 2021 under pressure from Hong Kong authorities, who froze company assets, seized journalists’ computers and charged top executives under the national-security law.
I squirmed, then froze in my chair, trying to conceal my cringe.
Mexico’s financial-intelligence unit froze bank accounts tied to shell companies that funded informant networks and used to pay their lawyers, according to another person familiar with the operation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.