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Examples
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Validus would "welcome the opportunity to enter into discussions," but the company was unwilling to agree to a stand-still agreement that would force a halt to its hostile takeover efforts, he said.
Transatlantic Puts Self Back in Play Erik Holm 2011
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It means that the work on the ending has come to a stand-still, but soon I'll have something worth showing to an agent.
spent nathreee 2010
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It means that the work on the ending has come to a stand-still, but soon I'll have something worth showing to an agent.
spent nathreee 2010
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During the first 15 years of the NBA, professional basketball evolved from a game dominated by deliberate passing and stand-still shooting to the above-the-rim battles between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain .
Women on Top of the World Matthew Futterman 2011
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The Turkish military will soon find itself at a stand-still without Israeli continued technical support and spare parts.
Haggai Carmon: Apology in the Middle East Is a Weapon, or 'Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word' Haggai Carmon 2011
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They basically burn the brakes, grinding the movie to a complete stand-still half-way explain how the villain traveling through time has distorted the timeline.
Star Trek - wow! frankwu 2009
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Six months since his left knee surgery, Howard is moving around freely without a limp and he looked fine as he shot stand-still jumpers after practice.
"Eager, pumped and ready" Wizards get down to business -- with iPads Michael Lee 2010
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With too many firms chasing too few contracts at too tight margins, construction firms going bust daily, recruitment almost at a stand-still, and hard-pressed survivors cutting their marketing expenditure, it was perhaps inevitable that CJ – so dependent on advertising – would be at risk.
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But the real explanation for the stand-still now segueing into room-to-room shuttling is a lot more complicated.
Dr. Mitchell's Mideast Talking Cure Josef Joffe 2010
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But the real explanation for the stand-still now segueing into room-to-room shuttling is a lot more complicated.
Dr. Mitchell's Mideast Talking Cure Josef Joffe 2010
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