Even surprisingly strong numbers for construction spending in October failed to halt the market's momentum.

Had he then failed to halt, he and his ship would have been destroyed.

The United Nations air effort failed to halt military rail transport.

Three managers failed to halt the slide as the campaign ended with 18 straight defeats in the club's worst ever season.

But what if the Palestinians failed to halt terrorism?

But this aggressive intervention failed to halt the decline of the dollar.

Many residents blame the government for failing to halt the deterioration.

An inept response by regulators failed to halt the infractions.

The first cars were available in March 1978, but failed to halt a terminal decline in sales.

When this failed to halt the flow of trade, they began targeting individual companies based in the activists' own home countries.