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cease

[sees] / sis /


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Both OnPoint and Xpress delivery stations will permanently cease operations, and no replacement companies have been announced yet to operate there.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Letterboxd, as we know and love it, would cease to exist, transforming into another nu-media ouroboros.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Collins says she has encouraged ICE “to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops,” wants a “full and impartial” investigation of the Biddeford shooting, and thinks agents should wear body cameras.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Police say that during the visit Flowers did not engage with officers and was given a cease and desist order to deter him from further offending.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

If he could be still enough, all the world’s motions would cease.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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

But if it goes to a nonspouse heir, the IRS says it ceases to be an HSA and treats it as one big withdrawal that counts as income in that tax year for the beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

That means your card should remain active even after Spirit ceases operations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

She does not bathe, does not warm herself by the kitchen fire, ceases to ask if she can go outdoors.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

If IBM’s hardware and software suddenly ceased to exist?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

In February 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, ceased its election security activities pending a review.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Roughly 26 percent of the trees' yearly carbon uptake happened after growth had ceased.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

It appears to have ceased publication in April, and according to a May press release, longtime editor John Buckingham co-founded a new firm that plans to launch a new value-oriented newsletter later this summer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Lines straightened, hands were clamped to sides, whispers ceased as those cold blue eyes swept across us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, told reporters Thursday that the talks starting would be “contingent” upon hostilities ceasing in Lebanon.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

"That would be the ideal situation for everybody to have a diplomatic solution which brings Iran around the table, ceasing their nuclear weapon programme," he added.

From BBC Mar. 2, 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

For he had become a Christian, some forty years earlier, without ceasing in the least to be a loyal Jew.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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