brake
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t know whether to press on the brakes or not,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
A lieutenant called AI without safety like driving on a highway without brakes.
At the center of the work is a way to undo a built in "brake" that tumors can trigger to keep immune cells from attacking.
From Science Daily
“So many drivers suddenly brake in front of you, for seemingly no reason. Then after we all come to a stop, turn on their signal. Why bother at this time?”
From Los Angeles Times
The rebels marched on to the brink of Myanmar's second city, Mandalay, before Beijing pumped the brakes, said Morgan Michaels, a research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
