stall
Example Sentences
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“Momentum doesn’t typically just stall out — it tends to reverse,” Melissa Brown, managing director at Investment Decision Research, said in a phone interview.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Both sides have stepped up their long-range drone and missiles attacks since a series of bilateral talks mediated by the United States earlier this year appeared to stall.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
“But a mediocre boss can stall you without your even realizing it,” Hessan says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Facing repeated stall warnings and wildly fluctuating airspeed readings, the pilots responded by pulling up the nose of the plane, causing its speed to drop and the aircraft to stall, French accident investigators found.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Rosie poked her white head over the door of her stall, flicking her ears and snorting softly.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing stall
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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