Sentence examples for managed to stall progress from inspiring English sources

He says that from the very beginning the state government has made all the right noises on LGBTI rights, but that rightwing elements within the Labor party have consistently managed to stall progress.

Fleming managed to stall, but not for long.

With Tuesday's vote, Keystone opponents once again managed to stall the pipeline.

Last Thursday, a group of activists managed to stall one of Arpaio's planned immigrant hunts for several hours.

This hasn't pleased the locals, who protested against and actually managed to stall the mining operation back in October.

Those countries have often used other tactics to stall progress, critics said, including making frequent objections over negotiating procedures that have stalled sessions.

Parties can exploit this uncertainty in order to stall progress, where they might prefer a very different policy outcome.

Given COP's preference for consensus-based decision-making, it may require little effort by Zimbabwe to further stall progress.

Somehow, I managed to make progress.

Here we managed to achieve certain progress.

Serious impediments to human rights can stall progress in any society.