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Discover LudwigThe phrase "it was stalled" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an action that was stopped or held back from progressing, usually because of some obstruction. For example: "The proposal was stalled when members of the committee disagreed on the terms of the agreement."
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It was stalled this year, but she plans to propose it again in 2008.
The House passed a broader measure this summer but it was stalled in the Senate.
Their allies in the Janata Dal (United) Party were opposed to the bill, and so it was stalled.
There had been an abolition movement since before the founding of the nation, but it was stalled, even going backward.
It was stalled by the piratical salary demands of Jack Nicholson, originally cast in Matthau's role, then called off when Polanski decamped from the US to escape arrest.
It was stalled for 10 years, in part because of a very public turf war that seemed to be an advertisement for all the reasons business steered clear of Harlem.
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Syria denied U.S. allegations that it was stalling in removing its chemical arsenal.
They were born into a world of upward social mobility but – even as they necked their ecstasy pills – it was stalling rapidly.
It is stalled – as, its creators would argue, is the progress of feminism.
With five days to go, it's stalled at just more than a third of its £2,500 goal.
It's stalled in transit".
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