cease
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The word loyalty is going to cease to exist in many programs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Stock futures wobbled at the start of trading and then rose on Sunday, and oil rose, too, amid concerns that strikes between Iran and U.S. forces could disrupt a fragile cease fire.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
And it is the right of the people—all the people, acting as equals—to reform or replace forms of government that cease to promote the legitimate ends of government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
At this extreme limit, the known laws of physics cease to provide reliable answers.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Before long, the dogwood, like the American chestnut and American elm, will effectively cease to exist.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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If exchange ceases to be reciprocal, the entire relationship changes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Nikki’s interiority ceases only a moment after that fateful conversation about love and romance on the way home from the bar.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 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
They have more than 180 varieties in their catalogue, but several hundred more in development, because the demand for novelty and development never ceases.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Their duties are terminated, and their pay ceases.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Jamal has ceased all medication, including the fertility stack, under Jayasena's advice.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
That university was never built, but the need for its proposed objectives never ceased.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 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
And so I struggled on with worship and teaching that had ceased to be real.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Samsung Electronics is ceasing sales of televisions and home appliances in China due to fierce competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
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
They have proposed cuts to services including reduced school cleaning and grounds maintenance, stopping road line painting on residential streets and ceasing sheltered housing support contributions.
From BBC ● Feb. 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
I’m ceasing to be interested in games I can’t win.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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