brief stop

Example Sentences

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It is a brief stop on a packed schedule for him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Starmer will also travel to economic powerhouse Shanghai on Friday before making a brief stop in Japan to meet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

After a brief stop, the aircraft continued to Lagos.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

We see his “first and last Egyptian sunset” and a brief stop in a hotel to freshen up “since I feel so bedraggled.”

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2025

Two hours before the train reached Chicago, during a brief stop, McKim received a cable notifying him that his mother, Sarah McKim, had died unexpectedly in her home, at seventy-eight.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson