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On Thursday, Tesla said the Roadster was able to accelerate from a standstill to 60 miles an hour in less than a second.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Home sales are already in a slump, and rising mortgage rates will likely bring things to a standstill.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Videos posted on social media last week show cranes at the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran’s largest commercial container port, at a standstill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

With shipping at a standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for a fifth of the world's oil and gas, the Panama Canal has become a fallback route for energy shipments.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

At nine in the morning he eased off on the tiller, let the bowsprit come up into the wind, and the Frog slowed to a standstill.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

They are noteworthy for their enormous scale, geometric precision and astronomical breadth and accuracy, such as encoding all eight lunar standstills over an 18.6-year cycle.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

After a summer of standstills, some relief may finally be on the way for traffic-weary visitors to Yosemite National Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Measures could include debt standstills and sharing World Bank-I.M.F. debt sustainability analysis with all creditor nations simultaneously.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

Washington would also support temporary debt service standstills for countries that needed debt relief and sought help under the G20 Common Framework adopted in late 2020, she said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2022

Her brain stammered; seemed to fly loose; came to sudden standstills.

From Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy