cease
Example Sentences
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A fire in June 2025, which saw Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service called out, caused operations at the site to largely cease, although it has not been closed off.
From BBC
"It's not that it's to cease to implement laws with which they disagree because those aspects of the previous legacy act are already removed from effectiveness," he said.
From BBC
On Monday, Germany's Lufthansa told AFP the airline would not operate flights to Tehran through March 29 and that group member Austrian would also cease flights until mid-February.
From Barron's
The talk has ceased, but a successful acquisition of Greenland could whet his appetite anew.
He called on both sides to "cease intolerable attacks against civilian objects that are indispensable to the civilian population, including markets, health facilities, schools and shelters".
From Barron's
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