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halting

[hawl-ting] / ˈhɔl tɪŋ /


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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction, halting the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger on antitrust grounds.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

She calls her accent “a war crime,” and grows frustrated in class that she can’t easily explain what she’s thinking and feeling in her halting English.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

As a result, a leading driver of A.I. spending is halting a lot of the planned investments and infrastructure initiatives that it used to announce on a weekly basis.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The halting of much Middle East gas production is causing a surge in benchmark natural gas prices in Europe on concerns global demand will be chasing less supply.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Some months earlier, I had begun a halting study of the French language.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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