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stand still

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  1. stand stillverb

    remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile

    "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

    Antonyms:
    move

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  1. Edgar Quinet:

    Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.

  2. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen:

    This will probably be a bit like walking the tightrope, if we stand still along the way we could fall and if we go too fast it can go wrong. Therefore, we must take one cautious step at a time.

  3. Roscoe Pound:

    The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.

  4. Sipho P Nkosi:

    Stand still in storm.

  5. Van Beurden:

    The divest campaign, or Keep it in the Ground or the carbon bubble, ignore reality that 80 percent of the investment in the industry has to be done just to stand still to arrest decline. It is a red herring, it is a very seductive argument and that is why it catches on, but it is a red herring.

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