stonewall

Example Sentences

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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that seeks to stonewall the project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

For a public agency to stonewall that way is outrageous.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

"I don't know how that is not a stonewall penalty," said Ferdinand on TNT Sports.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

“An avoidant person often doesn’t know when their nervous system is ignited,” says Abito, so they need to figure out their triggers and what happens in their body before they stonewall and shut down.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Several were sitting back on their haunches, their claws scraping at the chalky stonewall that flanked the waterfall.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins