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• n  a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
• n  an interruption of normal activity

• But in 1941 he fought the Japanese to a standstill.
• Life has come to a standstill in Kentucky, and it's difficult to imagine just who in the Bluegrass State had the more miserable Super Bowl weekend.
• As the news of Michael Jackson's death spread around the world on June 25, the social-networking site Twitter came to a virtual standstill, flooded with visitors tweeting the news .

• deadlock
• dead end
• impasse
• stalemate
• stand
• tie-up

News & Articles

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• Semi Rollover On I-94
  Traffic was at a standstill for more than an hour this afternoon on interstate 94 near Bismarck. A semi was traveling eastbound on I-94 near mile marker 168, when it crossed the median and overturned into the westbound lanes of traffic.
  June 13, 2013 - KXMA-TV Dickinson
• Movie set shuts down traffic in Bartow County
  Filming for a new "Need to Speed" movie brought traffic to a standstill on Interstate 75 in Bartow County on Wednesday.
  June 13, 2013 - FOX 5 Atlanta
• Semi vs. car crash ties up I-82 near Nob Hill
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:04:37 GMT Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — Traffic was brought to a standstill when a semi-truck collided with a passenger vehicle on Interstate 82 near the Nob Hill Boulevard interchange. Lt. Tom Foster of the Washington State Patrol said preliminary reports suggested the crash, w...
  June 12, 2013 - Yakima Herald-Republic

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN International
  Throughout his career, Jon has shown a willingness to move beyond the old ideologies and stale debates that all too often bring progress to a standstill,Obama said.
• John Smit in New Zealand Herald
  Just imagine (Springboks lock) Bakkies Botha doing something similar to (All Blacks captain) Richie McCaw. World rugby would have come to a standstill,Smit told South African journalists today. "Yes, I'm angry. I'm really not happy about...
• Al Sharpton in International Herald Tribune
  These nooses were hung over a year ago sir. So I know that the wheels of justice turn slow, but they seem to be at a standstill,said Sharpton. "That's why we're seeing nooses all over America."