Verb (used with object) : lobbying efforts to stonewall passage of the legislation. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : a new round of stonewall tactics. From Dictionary.com.
To use footballing parlance, it was a "stonewaller", and the Arsenal manager's sense of injustice was only heightened after Vela was booked for diving by the referee, Viktor Kassai, and peaked when the hosts took the lead five minutes later through Matheus. From Wordnik.com. [Arsenal's Champions League defeat highlights failure of extra officials] Reference
He's not exactly a stonewaller now but he was a different player then. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth] Reference
But the IGs will still have six months with no stonewaller stopping them. From Wordnik.com. [Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security] Reference
Minister of Justice and Freestate NP leader, Kobie Coetsee, identified as the persistant stonewaller. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The first penalty should one was an absolute stonewaller on Doyle. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
Just seeing replays of the second Spain penalty appeal, and it was a stonewaller on Fabregas. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
He will have to face the media then, and even the notorious stonewaller won't be able to dodge every question. From Wordnik.com. [CBS 47: Local News] Reference
Swann struck another resounding blow, having Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw, the game's most steadfast stonewaller departed. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
So you get what Tiger's got right now: an image as a stonewaller, followed by an apology for unspecified "transgressions.". From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
Whether the effort is a rival project, an investigation, or just the work of a colleague, the stonewaller hopes to gain advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Work: People, Projects, Politics and Pressure] Reference
Illinois Wesleyan (15-0-1) senior goalie Alli Novak of Naperville is a similar stonewaller, with eight shutouts and just four goals allowed in the 16 games. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
If there was any doubt about the first one, then this was a stonewaller, referee Haywood not needing to consult his assistant before pointing to the spot in the 67th minute. From Wordnik.com. [lep.co.uk - News Feed] Reference
And he was no stonewaller, mind you. From Wordnik.com. [The Saltmarsh Murders]
A stonewaller. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Record - Home] Reference
Senator Norris, having begun so well, during the course of the Bill's progress through the Seanad played first the gadfly, and finally, here, the stonewaller, guilty of much irrelevance, waffle, filibustering, bravado, cant, and downright silliness. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
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