standstill
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In 2021 energy rationing brought Chinese smelters to a standstill and caused magnesium prices to quintuple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Why would anyone want to do this to that current road with the current traffic flow issues, which is at a standstill during rush hour?” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Diplomatic efforts to end the war are at a standstill.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
An AFP journalist saw a dozen mental health workers arrive at the school, where traffic was nearly at a standstill.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Most garden paths in everyday writing, unlike the ones in textbooks, don’t bring the reader to a complete standstill; they just delay her for a fraction of a second.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
They are noteworthy for their enormous scale, geometric precision and astronomical breadth and accuracy, such as encoding all eight lunar standstills over an 18.6-year cycle.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Measures could include debt standstills and sharing World Bank-I.M.F. debt sustainability analysis with all creditor nations simultaneously.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
She also wants debt service standstills during restructuring negotiations and an expansion of the framework's remit as many countries holding the bulk of at-risk debt are not poor enough to currently qualify for relief.
From Reuters ● Feb. 17, 2022
The newly-released transcript also features an interview with Rosen in which Weinsheimer again brings the proceedings to several standstills.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2021
Her brain stammered; seemed to fly loose; came to sudden standstills.
From Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy
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