halt
Example Sentences
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Despite the scale of the contamination, sea traffic has not come to a halt, and a significant number of merchant ships are still operating in the only maritime export corridor out of Ukraine.
From BBC
This was a reversal of Beijing’s tightened oversight in recent years, with authorities at one point halting approvals of videogame licenses after Xi voiced concern in 2021 about gaming addiction among Chinese youth.
The branches reached for them, as if trying to halt their progress and turn them back.
From Literature
I halt too slowly and crash into the back of Great Britain’s second-greatest chess player.
From Literature
The Kremlin said Friday the US president had asked for a halt until February 1.
From Barron's
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