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stonewalling

[ stohn-waw-ling ]

noun

  1. the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stonewalling1

First recorded in 1875–80; stonewall + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

The Spokane Tribe told the agency in 2019 that its “lack of funding and stonewalling” put their efforts three years behind schedule.

Showing contempt, as in seeing your partner as beneath you, is one of marriage’s “four horsemen of the apocalypse,” according to psychologist John Gottman, a list that also includes criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling.

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On Fox News he said he did not believe the CIA was stonewalling his committee, as others had alleged.

In the meeting with Ferguson, there was an accusation of stonewalling him.

He has not done so, and I gather he is stonewalling reporters on the question.

By stonewalling, Apple is needlessly making things worse for itself.

Lee Siegel on why the senator should stop stonewalling and start acting Jewish.

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