at a standstill

Outside Dodger Stadium, the streets of Elysian Park are at a standstill.

About five years ago, I was sort of at a standstill.

Traffic remained at a standstill for hours.

But in 2020, thousands of people were dying daily, the supply chain was at a standstill and tens of thousands of pigs were being euthanized because of the plant closures.

Additionally, scientists were able to estimate when specific groups of tardigrades evolved, importantly among them their living descendants that can perform cryptobiosis, or entering a state of extreme physical inactivity where their metabolism is almost at a standstill.