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stonewall

[stohn-wawl] / ˈstoʊnˌwɔl /
VERB
delay
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Both the army and the RSF have previously stonewalled negotiations brokered by the US and Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's

Lawyers for Kahn and Indyke said they hadn’t stonewalled discovery requests and have turned over hundreds of thousands of pages to private plaintiffs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rights activists say Japan’s conservative government has stonewalled the push for equal rights supported by the general public.

From Seattle Times

A scathing investigative report, conducted by an independent firm, found that top SBC leaders stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse while seeking to protect their own reputations.

From Seattle Times

Perry has so far stonewalled the committee, defying a subpoena requesting his cooperation in the investigation.

From Washington Post