standstill

Example Sentences

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Prague airport came to a virtual standstill, with firefighters having to de-ice the runways.

From Barron's

“Because there is no email, their business is at standstill,” Rashidi said.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the labor market has not collapsed, it is effectively at a standstill and shows no signs of acceleration.

From MarketWatch

"In these two-and-a-half months I haven't loaded even a single kilo of cargo. Work has come to a standstill," he said.

From Barron's

One Harvard economist estimated that without data center investments, America’s gross domestic product growth could have come to a near standstill this year.

From Los Angeles Times