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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
Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Then-Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a redesign of the main station itself, which ultimately stalled out amid post-pandemic economic fluctuations.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
Characters drift in and out with hazy importance, and emotional arcs stall or disappear entirely.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
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Verb
In July 1998, Victoria Keenan and her son Jason were driving near a white supremacist compound in northern Idaho when the car backfired or stalled.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Then-Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a redesign of the main station itself, which ultimately stalled out amid post-pandemic economic fluctuations.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
Drakon riders will climb to the top of a 75-foot-tall beyond-vertical first drop before navigating a zero-G stall and 270-degree roll with a downward dive.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
Characters drift in and out with hazy importance, and emotional arcs stall or disappear entirely.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stall
Verb
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Quin Snyder’s Towns wrinkle stalled the Knicks briefly, then stopped working.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The workers get ordered to start jobs, stop jobs, ignore jobs and are other things that turn them into ping pong balls, with the Butleys and the del Valles as the paddles.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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In 2019, Elisa Serna died at the Las Colinas women’s jail after a doctor and nurse left her alone after watching her collapse.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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That’s the year the Boston Marathon suffered a terrorist attack in which three people died and hundreds more were injured.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One piece made the cover of the fair program, and the booth sold out on the preview day.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2026
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People stop at our booth and learn our story.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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O'Hara said those delays in January were isolated and a direct result of Operation Metro Surge's drain on local resources.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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That is what the delay was, technical difficulties.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a related lawsuit, a coalition of cultural preservation and architecture groups, including the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is also suing to halt the closure until the Center submits renovation plans to Congress for its approval.—
Elizabeth Blair,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Florida Supreme Court denied an appeal last week to halt Hitchcock's execution.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The characters can be flawed, and cars can crash, McDermott says, but NASCAR wanted race scenes to look authentic and was adamant that the series not depict anyone driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Zevik Glidai, a 78-year-old math teacher and volunteer ambulance driver, discovered coils of the translucent fiber-optic cables surrounding a drone that crashed into his backyard in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on April 13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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People drove up and opened trunks to reveal boxes and shopping bags full of ancient yellowed papers.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Wacha felt his chain break after the A’s Carlos Cortes had stepped into the batter’s box.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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Early into six minutes of second-half stoppage time Son Heung-min delivered a perfect free kick for his seventh assist of the tournament, finding the head of defender Nkosi Tafari, who buried the go-ahead goal.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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But that was not the end of the drama, as Callum Wilson’s stoppage-time winner saw Nuno Espirito Santo’s side pick up three points and maintain their two-point cushion over Spurs.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stall. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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