halting

Example Sentences

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Long Island Rail Road employees, meanwhile, went on strike for the first time in three decades over the weekend, halting the country’s busiest commuter railroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“I love you, I adore you. Thank you very much!” singer Kim Nam-joon said in halting Spanish as a cacophony of screams erupted from the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Despite last year's progress, global forest loss remains 70 percent above the level required to meet the 2030 goal of halting and reversing forest loss, the researchers said.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

A judge granted a temporary restraining order halting construction at the warehouse soon after Maryland filed its lawsuit.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 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