stall

Example Sentences

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Conuma’s production pause cascaded far beyond eastern British Columbia as it halted a railroad line, stalled activity at a Pacific Ocean port and complicated steelmaking schedules in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Our life has stalled. Nothing is moving anymore," says Rabi Das.

From BBC

Increasing the size of exempted developments has sparked anger from nature charities, who warned it risked stalling nature recovery.

From BBC

“This is a monumental achievement for the community who have endured an array of health issues and corporate stalling tactics for far too long,” Newsom said in a statement Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Made on a modest budget, the film follows a ragtag group of final-year students at Delhi's School of Planning and Architecture as they drift, stall and inch toward graduation.

From BBC