stalling

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With no tournament in New Orleans, LIV would be left with a gap between 7 June and 23 July without an event, stalling momentum on what should have been a 14 tournament season.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

And the proposed Trans-Caspian pipeline to take Turkmen gas across the Caspian Sea and into Europe, is stalling.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget lacks funding for additional subsidized child-care slots, stalling progress on getting thousands of families access to affordable care.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

These kinds of stalling mechanisms, along with scant real representation, are nothing new in intra-party politics.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

“College. I wouldn’t have imagined—” “If they dismiss me, I’d have to stop stalling and blathering and get myself to Oberlin College and a new life.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson