cease
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The plaintiffs are asking that Suno be ordered to cease using the artists’ identities and are seeking unspecified damages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
They say without an agreement, dams on the river that are used to generate hydropower could cease to function.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Last month, Dawn Buckingham, who leads the General Land Office, sent a cease and desist letter to CBP and a federal contractor she said had illegally cleared GLO-owned land in Presidio County.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Last week's appeals court decision does not take effect until 21 August, when ballroom construction will have to cease unless the Supreme Court grants the emergency application.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The snow fell nor did it cease to fall.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Dostoevsky follows the narrator over four nights and a morning during which he ceases living in his imagination and embraces reality for the first time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
Every assignment, he explains, ceases to be an individual endeavor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"This damage is going to continue unless it ceases or it's stopped by An Garda Síochána and the defence forces," he added.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
The Commander opens his eyes, notices, frowns, ceases to notice.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Some trucking companies have ceased doing business, and many more will likely fail if high fuel costs do not subside soon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
They noted that a nearby oil rig, Platform Grace, has already ceased operating due to declining production and is now being decommissioned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Facing the sea, Havana's famous Malecon seawall has ceased to be a promenade for tourists or lovers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The directors of Big Difference Company - which ran Leicester Comedy Festival - announced "with great sadness" it had become insolvent and ceased trading.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He ceased, in effect, to be part of mankind.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Ferguson’s Law states that “any great power that spends more on debt servicing than on defense risks ceasing to be a great power.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Given all that, I was somewhat surprised to see heartfelt eulogies for the mail-order racket when Columbia House announced it was ceasing operations later this year.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Another four a week are ceasing to be played because of a lack of maintenance.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
The ponderous counterspectacle of things ceasing to be.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Vocabulary lists containing cease
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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