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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of stonewall.

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Examples

  • The reason Clemens and Bonds are the only ones who have stonewalled is that they’re the only ones who have much to lose — their entrance into the hall of fame as arguably the greatest pitcher and the greatest hitter of all time.

    Is Cheating Good for Sports? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • OVERHOLSER: That was important reporting, because what we need to do is get to the bottom of this, and CBS has stonewalled, which is so ...

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2004 2004

  • Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and the committee's top Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, sought a number of documents and witnesses as part of their investigation but were "stonewalled" with "foot-dragging" by the Obama administration, Lieberman said earlier this month.

    Government offers compromise on Fort Hood documents 2010

  • Minnesota Majority says it has been "stonewalled" by Hennepin County officials to whom it presented its findings.

    Notable 2010

  • Minnesota Majority says it has been "stonewalled" by Hennepin County officials to whom it presented its findings.

    Felons for Franken 2010

  • Alberto Gonzales "stonewalled" the 9/11 Commission's access to the White House.

    OpEdNews - Diary: The Facts Speak For Themselves 2009

  • 'Times online' notes that Gordon Brown "stonewalled" over Darling's future and "refused to say" he would keep his job.

    Open Thread 2009

  • Alberto Gonzales "stonewalled" the 9/11 Commission's access to the White House.

    The Facts Speak For Themselves 2008

  • In recent court papers, lawyers for the full House of Representatives charge that the White House has "stonewalled" efforts to sort out the U.S. attorney firings; they cite an e-mail disclosed last year showing that Rove visited the White House counsel's office in 2005 and asked "how we planned to proceed regarding US attorneys … he said the matter was urgent."

    In the Rezko Trial, A New Name Surfaces: Karl Rove 2008

  • "The attitude of this agency has stinks," the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Sensenbrenner adding that officials of the Air Marshal program "stonewalled" his staff and retaliated against air marshals who tried to reveal problems. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Federal Air Marshals' Bosses Accused of Arrogance, Cover-Up 2006

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