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halt

[hawlt] / hɔlt /






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She told the outlet that, as it was happening, she hoped someone on the production side would call a halt to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

He added: "The clock is ticking if we want to halt the worst effects of planetary warming but there is still time."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The economic progress dims hope for a nuclear deal with the U.S., since Washington has often dangled sanctions relief or economic incentives to get Pyongyang to freeze, halt or relinquish its nuclear program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Four years before Gregg, the Supreme Court had brought the death penalty to a halt in Furman v.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

By May of 2012, all fifty working nuclear reactors in Japan had ground to a halt.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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