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stalled

[ stawld ]

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adjective

stuck or not moving; at a standstill:
A spacewalk will be required to repair the stalled robotic arm on the space station's solar array.
Intense storm systems along the stalled cold front have dropped heavy rains throughout the metro area.
(of a motor or vehicle) having come to a stop because of engine failure or a poor fuel mixture:
Rain and sleet smack the surface of the lake as Jules fumbles with a stalled outboard motor.
(of an aircraft or airfoil) no longer generating lift due to an excessive angle of attack:
At a sustained high angle the airfoil becomes useless, resulting in a stalled aircraft.
kept in a stall, a compartment usually intended for the accommodation of one animal:
Our overwhelming first impression is of the piquant smell of sheep blending with the manure of the stalled oxen and a milk cow.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of stall ¹.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stalled¹

stall ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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His latest court fight against Hill stalled on Wednesday, and he remains tangled in a legal battle in Arizona as well.

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But the plan was stalled by legal challenges and Labour scrapped the scheme before any migrants were sent to Rwanda.

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Since that date, the Trump Department of Justice has stalled repeatedly.

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Lurie, a moderate Democrat, bested incumbent London Breed and three other City Hall veterans by appealing to voters disillusioned with sprawling homelessness and the city’s stalled post-COVID recovery.

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Decades of resistance stalled the effort and the project was killed in 2018.

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stallage stall-fed

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