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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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Recent Examples of stall
Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
Meanwhile, the choir stalls were covered in roses, lilies, and alpine violets.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 July 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Solar Boom Slows Amid D.C. Policy Shift While gas generation is in a renaissance, Groom says the U.S. solar boom of recent years has suddenly stalled.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Verb
Her memories — of swap meet stalls, junk drawers and family hustle — form the scaffolding of the exhibit and current events its backdrop.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
Meanwhile, the choir stalls were covered in roses, lilies, and alpine violets.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 July 2025
Noun
Additionally, to prevent the process from stalling, modern CPUs have to guess at what instruction comes next, requiring logic called branch prediction and still more overhead.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Solar Boom Slows Amid D.C. Policy Shift While gas generation is in a renaissance, Groom says the U.S. solar boom of recent years has suddenly stalled.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stall
Verb
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Shortly after Braun’s executive order, the Indiana Department of Health told local health departments to stop accepting requests to change genders on birth certificates.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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Organizations need to stop managing change and start creating it.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Verb
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The department’s homicide unit is investigating the death, as is the department’s protocol when someone dies while in custody.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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In Gaza, though, no one knows precisely how many people have died, or what proportion were innocents; the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, maintains that more than half were women and children.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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According to a police report, both were injected at a booth run by Holtorf, who is licensed in California but not Nevada.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
30 July 2025
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On Wednesday morning, nearly 40 local employers from the mobility and infrastructure industries set up booths at the Workforce Solutions Capital Area offices on North Interstate 35.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Cannabis Advocates Call For Rescheduling Marijuana Following Cole’s confirmation, cannabis industry organizations and executives were quick to call on the new DEA head to approve the proposal to reschedule cannabis, which has been put on hold since January because of procedural delays.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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How tariff news fuels some scams The Better Business Bureau warned earlier this summer that some scammers are using fake excuses involving delays caused by tariffs to cover up fraudulent online orders.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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However, the chance to get together in person with club members was halted that March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
28 July 2025
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First, income convergence between Black and white Americans largely halted.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Verb
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In the week since a driver crashed through a barrier and seriously injured two 22-year-olds, their families are left with questions and anger.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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The car ultimately crashed against an oil buffer at the bottom of the building — a kind of emergency fail-safe meant to stop falling elevators — and the buffer's piston smashed through much of it.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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On Thursday, Israel’s military took journalists to the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing where hundreds of boxes of aid were on pallets filling a huge lot.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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Though nothing outside could compete with the moment a uniformed attendant arrived bearing a two-tiered, Tiffany-blue box filled with desserts, accompanied by a souvenir menu with pop-up paper cutouts.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Who knows how many lives will end being adversely affected by these interruptions, disruptions and stoppages of such work?—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The Chiefs ran nine consecutive plays without a stoppage or using a substitute Sunday morning, a drive that culminated in Patrick Mahomes finding Hollywood Brown in the red zone for a would-be touchdown.—
Samuel McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 July 2025
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“Stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stall. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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