stonewalled
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After being stonewalled by automated model guardrails, the Citrini team reached out to Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The sheriff, Bonta said, “has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith” and failed to provide most of the requested documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Murphy, who sits in Massachusetts, did not merely rule against the policy; he also documented the many ways that government officials lied, stonewalled, and disobeyed court orders throughout the litigation.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026
Kimberly would later become a powerful champion of parents who felt stonewalled and "lied to" by the authorities.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
If no one would answer her questions, she would do what she’d always done when people she cared about stonewalled her: She’d lose herself in art.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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