cease
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OnPoint Logistics will cease operations at its San Francisco location and cut 96 jobs, according to a government filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A roadmap released by the Board of Peace and dated Thursday called for Israel to complete commitments to cease military operations in Gaza "without delay".
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
But the local government separately ordered the project to cease operations, citing licensing irregularities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Skidelsky’s involvement with his subject did not cease, however, with the chronicling and analysis of Keynes’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And whenever they stopped their chanting Wang Lung poured silver into their hands and they took breath again and chanted and did not cease until dawn rose.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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Researchers refer to this phenomenon as Goodhart’s law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
If exchange ceases to be reciprocal, the entire relationship changes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
If a child isn’t acting exactly how a parent or caretaker would prefer at any moment, is that the barrier where our love for them ceases, even momentarily?
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
As a result, shippers are likely to wait until fighting ceases and the international community acts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
There’s music and mocking, teasing nonstop, but when the play begins all the talk ceases.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
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Facing the sea, Havana's famous Malecon seawall has ceased to be a promenade for tourists or lovers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Negotiations with the Lakers ceased when Leonard’s uncle, Dennis Robertson, requested a house, the use of private aircraft, guaranteed off-court earnings and an ownership stake in the team, according to Dan Woike of the Athletic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
And when the entire enterprise has ceased to sound fun, there is always frozen pizza.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mr Aquilino phoned his mother every day and his contact with her had ceased by the time Desborough made the trip, prosecutors told the court.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The rain had ceased at last, but the spots fell from the dripping leaves and from the gutter above the window.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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OnPoint Logistics will be ceasing operations at its San Francisco location and cutting 96 jobs, according to a government filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
A fragile ceasefire followed, but the negotiations failed to bring about a ceasing of hostilities between the two sides.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
The activist investor said key elements of the stand-alone plan included unwinding cross-shareholdings and ceasing overinvestment in the automotive segment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
He was accused of ceasing his rent payments in October 2016, two months before his lease came to an end in December of that year.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
A milder state of emergency, Code Blue, called for ceasing all inmate movement and locking down the whole jail.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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