stonewalling

Example Sentences

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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

Elysée officials have told journalists that Macron was frustrated by his repeated attempts to build bridges to Algeria constantly coming to nothing because of Algerian stonewalling.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

While Japan’s conservative government has been criticized as stonewalling diversity, recent surveys show a majority of Japanese back legalizing same-sex marriage.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

She reached a producer and told her the story: her husband’s incarceration, the call from Homeland Security, the stonewalling, the courts that didn’t even exist.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers