halting

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A new California law will narrow the laundry list of food date labels on products to two, eliminating consumer confusion and halting the unintentional food waste that has resulted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Asian AI-related stocks fell sharply, with South Korean regulators halting trading for the second time this week as traders rushed out of memory chip stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Sony is halting sales of its robotic puppy "aibo" in Japan, the company said, eight years after the latest model of its interactive android pet became an instant hit.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Even though he had no notable operations outside the U.S., he hunched toward a microphone and said in a halting voice, “Hilcorp is fully committed and ready to go to rebuilding the infrastructure in Venezuela.”

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

We know, too, that the antimosquito breeding campaigns in Cuba and Panama were very effective in halting the infections and that massive insecticide campaigns can control the populations of Aedes aegypti.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy