halt
Example Sentences
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Under the terms of the Parliament Acts, if an identical bill passes the Commons in two successive parliamentary sessions then the Lords cannot halt its progress a second time.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Anthropic this year removed a pledge from its safety charter to halt development of its models if it failed to control their risks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The network asked for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to halt the FCC’s license-renewal process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That’s why state officials say they worked for years to come up with a plan to help halt the ecological decline of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ivan reached up and grabbed its threads, bringing it to a halt in the air before it hit any of them.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing halt
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "H"
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