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“We are the would-be buyer here and we don’t even know what exists,” Spiro said of the data he alleged Twitter is stonewalling.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

But now, the university is stonewalling, claiming the release of that report is an invasion of her privacy.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2017

"Now the State Department is stonewalling and is refusing to answer basic questions about its review. I'm calling on Secretary Kerry to address this issue."

From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2015

“In a word, yes. I’m guessing now, but I think she believes that Branwell is stonewalling, that his silence is just a stubborn refusal to talk about what happened.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg