31.   With the current economic situation, most if not all housing projects have come to a grinding halt.

32.   Heavy snowfalls have brought the country to a grinding halt since inclement weather set in Sunday.

33.   Union workers seeking higher wages brought Paraguay to a grinding halt Thursday, staging a general strike marked by widespread violence.

34.   Life came to a grinding halt in this state summer capital with shops and hotels downing their shutters and traffic staying off the roads.

35.   On Sunday the opposition succeeded in bring the city to a grinding halt for more than three hours with a massive traffic jam.

36.   Skibbe said their giant-killing antics would come to a grinding halt in Ulsan on Friday.

37.   Syria said Sunday that the hardline stances taken by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his US visit had brought the Middle East peace process to a grinding halt.