Sentence examples for standstill over from inspiring English sources

Taxi drivers to bring London to standstill over Uber app.

This week bus drivers brought Sao Paulo to a standstill over pay.

Storm Jonas brought Washington DC to a standstill over the weekend, forcing 11 states to declare a state of emergency.

Unions UCU, Unison, and Unite say they will bring universities to a "standstill" over a below inflation pay rise.

• If not for Caminiti, who knows how long Selig and Fehr would have danced to a standstill over steroids?

10.40am BST Dorrell says the government was "arguing itself to a standstill" over what to do about the press.

There's one thing to be said for the powerful snowstorm that brought the East Coast to a near-standstill over the past two days.

Growth would come to a near-standstill over coming months and be much weaker in 2017 and 2018 than predicted before the Brexit vote.

In a controversial move that sparked fierce criticism, the Bank predicted growth would come to a near-standstill over the coming months and be much weaker in 2017 and 2018 than predicted before the Brexit vote.

An excruciating standstill ensues over three and a half pages of Mr. Bass's book.

Ahead of the deadline, the negotiations have come to a standstill, largely over the use of Web photographs.