stonewalled

Example Sentences

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“Harvard sued us. Harvard stonewalled us on document requests to which we were entitled. Harvard is defiant. And they’ve wasted time with settlement negotiations that I believe were not in good faith.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Kimberly would later become a powerful champion of parents who felt stonewalled and "lied to" by the authorities.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Both the army and the RSF have previously stonewalled negotiations brokered by the US and Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

New Zealand police in Paris, stonewalled by French officials, found themselves translating the local newspapers and sending that information straight back to Auckland.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Ang Dorje hailed from Pangboche, an aggregation of stonewalled houses and terraced potato fields clinging to a rugged hillside at 13,000 feet.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer