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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Santorini stops being only a view and starts behaving like a place again.
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Workforce needs, customer expectations, and business conditions evolve, and leaders have to be willing to adjust if the model stops delivering results.
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Not obsessed One Wish Willow Nikki, but actual Nikki, now awoken from her curse when Bear dies.
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Village People singer dies at 74 Willis was known for often performing with Village People in costume as a Navy admiral or police officer.
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Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
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Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
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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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Yeah, right after a guy crashes through the roof is the perfect time to step out for a cigarette.
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The theory is that once a critical part fails, the drone crashes.
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Sarah Buck, Chicago Driving has become harder The rapid increase in bike lanes has made driving much more difficult and tedious, with numerous delays due to many streets being reduced to one lane in busy areas.
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Standing on the National Mall in the afternoon, before storm delays and fireworks, Donald Rasdall and Betsy Green peered at the history around them.
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Kessler catches an empty side screen involving Anfernee Simons and calmly plays in drop, backpedals smoothly, slides laterally for a stride, opens his hips and tricks Simons to shoot before swatting it away with his left hand.
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Any successful catches need to be killed humanely following strict state guidelines, as well as accurately documented.
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But too often that has become shorthand for a stodgy and unresponsive sector that fails to respond to customer demand.
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Standard sonar often fails in shallow waters, while cameras are blinded by shifting sands and the simple distortion of rolling ocean waves.
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“Stalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalls. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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