stonewalled

Example Sentences

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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

Her bio-father, Kwangho, meanwhile, spent five years searching for her whereabouts, being stonewalled by bureaucracy and finally finding a sympathetic insider to leak the information that led to his daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Amber Carson is the woman who stonewalled Alicia on the phone about two and half hours ago.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements