halted

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Within seconds, the vehicle was halted off the 60 Freeway exit at Country Village Road, and the suspect was left as powerless as a rodeo calf on its side.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The stock-market regulator briefly halted trading to ease excessive market moves, after the Kospi futures index surged more than 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

By 1980, a sanction on Iran halted nearly all trade, and over 93% of pistachio consumption in the U.S. that year came from within the country.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Southpaw Nakatani had wrestled back some control but was halted in his tracks when blood began to impair vision in his left eye following a clash of heads.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

He stuck it into the wooden ceiling to steady himself as they halted to look for the next loft door.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques