halt
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Last year, a petition to halt Big Bear Lake’s annual fireworks display collected more than 40,000 signatures from people concerned that the event would disturb the area’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
With Messi on this kind of form, and on 120 international goals, how do you halt him in his tracks?
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Since then, rapid improvements in Ukrainian drone technology have helped force Russia’s much-larger military to practically halt its advances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose to its busiest in two months after a deal to halt the US-Iran war, maritime trackers said on Friday.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
“You were thirteen,” I repeated, coming to a halt.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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