1
as in stops
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 dies
to stop functioning
the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside
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Recent Examples of stalls
Nielsen Dinwoodie,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
This process stalls improvements for years.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
If his progress stalls out, this team is in trouble.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
There is often community resistance that stalls the building of homes.
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Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
But, then again, the market is a forward-looking machine with a motor that never stalls out.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2025
In an email, Jackman said that the city’s rapid growth has been enabled by these plans, along with an efficient building permit process that enables developers to move quickly through environmental review, a process that often stalls construction in other Bay Area cities.
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Susie Neilson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Feb. 2023
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
Not stalls the standard 12-by-12 feet of other ranches but 14 feet square to give horses more room to move around naturally.
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Nielsen Dinwoodie,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
This process stalls improvements for years.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
If his progress stalls out, this team is in trouble.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
There is often community resistance that stalls the building of homes.
—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
But, then again, the market is a forward-looking machine with a motor that never stalls out.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2025
In an email, Jackman said that the city’s rapid growth has been enabled by these plans, along with an efficient building permit process that enables developers to move quickly through environmental review, a process that often stalls construction in other Bay Area cities.
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Susie Neilson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Feb. 2023
Noun
This includes increasing bathroom stalls, single person bathrooms and individual stall locker rooms.
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Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalls
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Burke won the Stanley Cup as Anaheim’s general manager in 2007, one of several front-office stops for him, along with time spent as the NHL’s director of hockey operations.
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The nose stops registering any single note and the room just smells busy.
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Ramsay, a mother of four, including Dylan, has become someone grieving families often call when their child dies in the water.
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In some, a personal account is frozen the moment its holder dies and is not released without the consent of every heir and a matching court process.
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Lithium batteries often maintain more consistent performance throughout their charge cycle, a trait that may be noticeable when tackling hills or carrying heavier loads.
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This leads to higher fungal loads.
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The countywide legislation halts zoning and permitting processes for data centers and BESS sites in unincorporated areas of Jackson County for 180 days, which sponsor Sean Smith and other legislators have said will create time for the county to set more detailed permanent land use policies.
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But the publishing machine never quite halts, and the coming months do star a (smaller) collection of exciting new releases.
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The theory is that once a critical part fails, the drone crashes.
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When the team crashes, the leader was steering.
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Earlier, near the Simon Bolivar International Airport — an area also heavily impacted by the quakes — residents complained of delays in resuming rescue operations.
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Be punctual for shore excursions and activities to avoid delays or missing out without a refund.
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Angèle’s narrative never catches fire and while Anei is striking as Ada, that section of the film feels slightly patronizing, reducing this immigrant tale to yet another strained salute to perseverance.
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Then something unusual catches your eye.
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Tapping into the sporting zeitgeist, the slapstick animation, sees Daffy Duck confounded when Elmer Fudd fails to turn up for duck hunting season.
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An extended car warranty can save electric vehicle (EV) owners thousands of dollars when a critical component, such as an electric motor or battery management system, fails unexpectedly.
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“Stalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalls. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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