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verb

Definition of stallnext
1
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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2
as in to die
to stop functioning the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside

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stall

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noun

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as in booth

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as in delay

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Recent Examples of stall
Verb
Where previous generations tended to stall partway, the model could carry a researcher's experiment through to the end, freeing them to run more at once. — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Critics rightly questioned whether the federal government was overstepping its authority, and the effort quickly stalled. — David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
My father, meanwhile, would bring home bowls of warm ginger milk pudding from a dessert stall in Causeway Bay. — Mimi Thorisson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Alex Barth, of Capay Canyon Ranch, stood behind a grape-laden table Saturday at her family’s market stall. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stall
  1. stop
  2. die
  3. booth
  4. delay
  5. halt
  6. crash
  7. box
  8. stoppage
Verb
  • The aid workers who once regularly visited her village to help pregnant women had stopped coming, after foreign aid cuts by the United States shuttered a program aimed at saving mothers’ and babies’ lives.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The exposure obviously scares him, but not enough to stop him from filming his next scene, where he’s been tasked with breaking in newcomer Cami Soul.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of stop
Verb
  • He was later stabilized but ultimately died from his injuries Sunday.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Zhu steered China’s economic policy for more than a decade since the early 1990s, first as a vice premier and then the premier under late leader Jiang Zemin, who died in late 2022.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of die
Noun
  • Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own gas station Just a small booth with barely enough room for the attendant on shift to squeeze in, a place where customers could buy cigarettes and pay for their gas.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In that role, he’s often tapped to join the booth when Dodger games air on ESPN, NBC or Fox.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of booth
Noun
  • Airlines around the world are currently plagued by delays in their efforts to deliver new premium offerings — including increasing passenger demand for privacy, high-tech connectivity and inflight entertainment — to meet the surge in air travel.
    — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The delay will give the city more time to consider employee parking, parking demand and other ways to get downtown.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of delay
Verb
  • Flights are typically halted from the nearby airport when the President is taking off.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center filed an emergency motion to halt the euthanasia of a dog that attacked several people.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of halt
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  • He would later be beaten by the Cameroonian, who crashed a shot off the bar that Trafford could not get his hands on.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect crashed into eight vehicles during the chase, police said.
    — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of crash
Noun
  • The avocados then move along mechanical lines that sort them by size before workers place them into boxes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Trafford is a strong shot-stopper, comfortable on the ball and advancing out of his box, and impressed on his debut against Manchester United in a pre-season friendly at Croke Park.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of box
Noun
  • Sunderland again capitalised on their goalkeeper’s heroics via a stoppage-time winner from Tommy Watson to return to the Premier League.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • San Luis leveled it in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time after Orlando missed a chance to score on an open net at the other end.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
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“Stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stall. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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