Thesaurus / stall
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The 28-year-old Saudi pilot had no idea her friend planned to practice stalls that day during her first flight on such a plane.
THIS STARTUP STAR IS THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIADANIEL MALLOYDECEMBER 20, 2020OZYI paid for a draft of red ale and walked to a corner a few meters removed from the food stalls, to the left of a vacated bandstand.
FICTION: QUIET EARTH PHILOSOPHYKATIE MCLEANOCTOBER 21, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThese event-specific behaviors might help explain why Weed found clusters associated with farmers’ markets, where people crowd around the stalls, but not with people just hanging out in the park.
WHAT A SUMMER OF COVID-19 TAUGHT SCIENTISTS ABOUT INDOOR VS. OUTDOOR TRANSMISSIONMAGGIE KOERTH (MAGGIE.KOERTH-BAKER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)OCTOBER 19, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe prospect of professionals wandering through an endless sea of sponsorship stalls in search of a business solution is wildly far-fetched.
B2B EVENTS WERE BROKEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THEIR ONLINE REINVENTION IS CREATING POSITIVE CHANGEHUBSPOTSEPTEMBER 20, 2020DIGIDAYYou can save space in a bathroom by eschewing a tub in favor of a stall shower.
LIVING LARGE IN SMALL SPACESVALERIE BLAKEAUGUST 8, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEHerein he found an empty stall that was dark enough not to be seen, and still afforded sufficient light to read in.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXLike the cobbler's stall in the old song, it served the present occupants for "kitchen and parlour and all."
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIESome shelves had been put up along one side of the stall, and they were piled with a lot of grimy-looking books.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSCrash went the collection of literature, and Welcome fell back on the floor of the stall, half-covered by a deluge of books.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSIf we go to the book-stall keepers we shall certainly find that he is dead, or has set his house on fire, or run away.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSWORDS RELATED TO STALL
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- hem and haw
- not touch
- outrun
- outwit
- pass the buck
- pass up
- puzzle
- run around
- shirk
- shuck
- shun
- shy
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- stump
- thwart
- baffled
- beat around the bush
- bilked
- circumvented
- confounded
- copped out
- ditched
- dodged
- doubled
- ducked
- eschewed
- evaded
- fled
- flew
- foiled
- frustrated
- gave the runaround
- gave the slip
- gave wide berth to
- got around
- got away from
- hem and haw
- not touched
- outran
- outwitted
- passed the buck
- passed up
- puzzled
- ran around
- shied
- shirked
- shucked
- shunned
- stalled
- stayed shy of
- steered clear of
- stonewalled
- stumped
- thwarted
- was beyond someone
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
- artifice
- circumvention
- cop-out
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- equivocation
- eschewal
- evading
- evasiveness
- excuse
- fancy footwork
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- jive
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- run-around
- ruse
- shift
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- stonewall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
- alibi
- apology
- cleanup
- cop-out
- cover
- cover story
- coverup
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- fish story
- grounds
- jive
- justification
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- pretext
- rationalization
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- song and dance
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- substitute
- subterfuge
- trick
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefore
- alibis
- apologies
- cleanups
- cop-outs
- cover stories
- covers
- coverups
- defenses
- disguises
- evasions
- expedients
- extenuations
- fish stories
- grounds
- jive
- justifications
- makeshifts
- mitigations
- pleas
- pretexts
- rationalizations
- regrets
- routines
- semblances
- shifts
- song and dances
- songs
- stalls
- stopgaps
- stories
- substitutes
- subterfuges
- tricks
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefores
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplify
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- broaden
- carry on
- continue
- crane
- develop
- dilate
- drag one's feet
- drag out
- draw
- draw out
- elongate
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- fan out
- go on
- heighten
- increase
- last
- lengthen
- let out
- magnify
- mantle
- multiply
- open
- pad
- prolong
- prolongate
- protract
- run on
- spin out
- spread
- spread out
- stall
- stretch
- string out
- supplement
- take
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- widen
- adds to
- aggrandizes
- amplifies
- augments
- beefs up
- boosts
- broadens
- carries on
- continues
- cranes
- develops
- dilates
- drags one's feet
- drags out
- draws
- draws out
- elongates
- enhances
- enlarges
- expands
- fan out
- goes on
- heightens
- increases
- lasts
- lengthens
- lets out
- magnifies
- mantles
- multiplies
- opens
- pads
- prolongates
- prolongs
- protracts
- runs on
- spins out
- spreads
- spreads out
- stalls
- stretches
- strings out
- supplements
- takes
- unfolds
- unfurls
- unrolls
- widens
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