Sentence examples for stalling things from inspiring English sources

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Switzerland was laying the groundwork for a diplomatic conference when the latest wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence broke out in September 2000, stalling things.

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"I believe this is going to stall things".

They are very tight on planning, which can stall things quite a bit".

The deal was meant to be signed by now – but together, Europe's people have seriously stalled things.

On Sunday much of New England seemed dazed by a weekend-long snow deluge that traumatized traffic, contributed to at least six deaths in the Northeast, punched out power lines for some 7,000 residents of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, caused flooding along the coast and generally stalled things like SAT exams, Sunday school classes and the high school football playoffs.

Jim Manley, a spokesman for the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, said of the statements by the three senators, "This is encouraging news, but in the Senate, where any one senator can stall things, we still need to reach agreement with the Republicans so we can get this through the chamber".

"That stalled things a bit, and it look longer than we expected," he says.

However, DOJ is again seeking to stall things with multiple delaying motions that require multiple responses, and the motions alone won't be heard by a court until August.

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Mr. Matz said he had attended closings that stalled over things as mundane as the purloined towel and toilet-paper holders at a Fifth Avenue co-op (then again, maybe they were solid gold), and a missing light bulb at a $10 million Park Avenue co-op: "But it was a special German halogen light bulb, and technically it was the seller's responsibility to have it in working order".

"I was about nine," says Smith, "and me and my friend had a stall selling things for Stalingrad.

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