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
- adjournment
- bind
- check
- cooling-off period
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detainment
- detention
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibuster
- hangup
- hindrance
- holding pattern
- holdup
- impediment
- interval
- jam
- lag
- lingering
- logjam
- loitering
- moratorium
- obstruction
- postponement
- problem
- procrastination
- prorogation
- putting off
- remission
- reprieve
- retardment
- setback
- showstopper
- stall
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- surcease
- suspension
- tarrying
- tie up
- wait
- bilk
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- decline
- despise
- disdain
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- get around
- give a wide berth
- give the runaround
- have no part of
- have nothing to do with
- hide out
- keep away from
- keep clear of
- neglect
- palm off
- pass up
- refuse
- reject
- scorn
- shake
- shake off
- shy
- snub
- stall
- stand aloof from
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- turn back on
- bilks
- cold-shoulders
- cuts
- declines
- despises
- disdains
- ditches
- dodges
- doubles
- ducks
- eludes
- escapes
- eschews
- evades
- gets around
- gives a wide berth
- gives the runaround
- has no part of
- has nothing to does with
- hides out
- keeps away from
- keeps clear of
- neglects
- palms off
- passes up
- refuses
- rejects
- scorns
- shakes
- shakes off
- shies
- snubs
- stalls
- stands aloof from
- stays shy of
- steers clear of
- turns back on
- abate
- anchor it
- back-water
- bog down
- brake
- check
- choke
- curb
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- decelerate
- decrease
- detain
- diminish
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- handicap
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- keep waiting
- lag
- lessen
- let down flaps
- loiter
- lose speed
- lose steam
- mire
- moderate
- postpone
- procrastinate
- qualify
- quiet
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reef
- regulate
- rein in
- relax
- retard
- set back
- slacken
- stall
- stunt
- temper
- wind down
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