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as in to stop
to bring (something) to a standstill
endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial
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as in to die
to stop functioning
the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside
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as in delay
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Oct. 2024
The British Parliament approved the idea, but execution stalled due to legal challenges.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Here, vendors set up stalls to hawk goods and sugary concoctions and friends gathered around hookah pipes.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Verb
In 2021, protesters entered the U.S. Capitol and stalled the counting of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Oct. 2024
The British Parliament approved the idea, but execution stalled due to legal challenges.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
He's spent the past year pinging away to fill stalls, create buzz and find a niche in a packed hospitality market.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Here, vendors set up stalls to hawk goods and sugary concoctions and friends gathered around hookah pipes.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stall. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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