stalled 1 of 2

adjective

as in stopped

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stalled

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verb

past tense of stall
1
as in halted
to bring (something) to a standstill endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial

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2
as in died
to stop functioning the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside

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Recent Examples of stalled
Adjective
Business leaders hope her government could restore policy consistency, reduce regulatory bottlenecks and revive stalled mining projects. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026 The result is often faster decision-making and fewer stalled initiatives. — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Choose cooperative words to move stalled conversations forward. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026 The Common Council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee is considering that action after committee members heard a report from Mayor Cavalier Johnson's Department of City Development on the stalled Neutral. — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025 What Happens Next Iran’s leadership is expected to continue resisting growing pressure from the United States and European powers, as nuclear negotiations remain stalled and Western sanctions intensify. — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
But hospitals pushed back, and the effort eventually stalled. — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026 That run set up the Dolphins’ first score of the game when kicker Riley Patterson made a 27-yard field goal after the offense stalled in the red zone. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 International efforts to negotiate a new framework banning all weapons in space have stalled because there is no agreement on what counts as a space weapon, among other things, according to Samson. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Jared Goff threw for 412 yards and a touchdown on 32-of-52 passing, but the Lions stalled repeatedly inside the red zone and settled for four field goals before a late touchdown cut into the lead. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Efforts to restart commercial production of nuclear power elsewhere in the country have been repeatedly stalled by technical problems and cost overruns. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 But the drive stalled out in Jacksonville territory, and Burrow’s fourth-and-10 completion to Chase Brown was stopped a yard short. — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 The Canadian Space Agency and MDA has also drawn up plans for a new Canadarm3, that was to be used for NASA's Gateway lunar space station, though that station project is stalled for now, NASA has said. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Since the spring, the lows have come in between $520 and $545, in March, late June and August, and every rally stalled out in the $680s, in April and again in late July. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalled
  1. stopped
  2. halted
  3. died
  4. arrested
  5. caught
  6. crashed
  7. ended
  8. failed
Adjective
  • The girl with a backpack on could be seen crossing the street while looking at her phone before the stopped truck began moving beside her, in videos obtained by ABC station WPVI and CBS station KYW.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The crash drew a crowd from the stopped traffic, who quickly spread photos and videos of the driver on social media.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Lee ordered an independent review and halted any new executions.
    — Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • After environmentalists advocated for protecting these unique creatures, the nuclear-weapons manufacturing on their site was halted.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby Republic of Buryatia, said the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of died
Adjective
  • In the case of the arrested teenager, who was detained in early August, agents pulled him and another man out of a truck in the 7-Eleven parking lot.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • Winter is still so young—24—and caught in the glare of a very bright followspot.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The ball would not have left the playing field nor would it have been caught.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of caught
Verb
  • The plane, a Van's RV-7A, crashed shortly after taking off from Petaluma Municipal Airport in Sonoma County, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Barr allegedly stole an Alaska Airlines tug from the field, crashed it into another vehicle near Gate 7, and then attempted to steal an American Airlines lavatory truck, but was taken into custody by airport police.
    — Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of crashed
Adjective
  • The measures, which the lawsuits describe as vague and open-ended, would give immigration agents unfettered discretion to deny green cards to applicants who have sought public benefits, Monday’s suits detail.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • As the film smash cuts to black on a frustratingly open-ended, very end-of-episode-one-style cliffhanger, the only conclusion is that in such a hellish scenario, no decision can ever be definitively judged to be the right one.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ended
Verb
  • But this bill has failed in both 2025 and 2026 to pass in Congress.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The drone bill has a detailed history as it was passed by the Senate in 2024 but failed on the final night of the legislative session when the state House of Representatives never voted on the measure as time expired.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of failed

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“Stalled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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