stonewalled
Example Sentences
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Replimune has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for information on the review process, but the FDA has stonewalled its requests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The sheriff, Bonta said, “has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith” and failed to provide most of the requested documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 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
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
