stonewalled
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Herbert melted down, getting stonewalled on a fourth-and-one keeper, fumbling away the next possession, then ending the next with an interception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Murphy, who sits in Massachusetts, did not merely rule against the policy; he also documented the many ways that government officials lied, stonewalled, and disobeyed court orders throughout the litigation.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 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
If no one would answer her questions, she would do what she’d always done when people she cared about stonewalled her: She’d lose herself in art.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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