pause
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Though the scene has Mona improvising, it was performed as written, down to every last pause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The ECB in June delivered its first hike since 2023 to tame surging prices, but then hit pause at its last meeting in July to see how the conflict would develop.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Spotting a camera along the route her children walk to school gave her pause; seeing one go up in front of her community recreation center made her act.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
It was the clash of two interviewing titans - the master of the strategic pause and the queen of the awkward silence.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
After a pause Shifa said, “Are you okay?”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
That’s what a walk looks like with Freedman and Smithers’ cat, Zephyr: a short, leisurely stroll up their street, with plenty of pauses for Zephyr to rest on the sidewalk or scratch a tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
By the weekend, her team had confirmed pauses at both companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
That means it can cover huge portions of the sky without lengthy pauses between observations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals with AI cloud companies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
All day Nhamo toiled, with pauses to rest and eat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Gates paused before responding dryly: “Anyway, not everything is wrong with America, according to me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Former Top Gear star Richard Hammond has said he will "find a way" of sharing his new £2m home with rare bats that have paused his renovation plans.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The U.S. bond market saw a similar story play out only a few weeks ago, when Bessent’s plan to at least double buybacks of long-dated government bonds only briefly paused the Treasury market selloff.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Doctors running the trials are hunting for answers of their own, particularly around what sets the paused therapies apart from similar ones already in wide use for oncology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He ate, when he paused, to give himself courage.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The Argentine league will pay tribute to Lionel Messi after his retirement from international football by pausing all of their matches in the 10th minute this weekend for a minute of applause.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Donchatz and her sister peeked into the cabin, pausing at the many original family treasures on display.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
He issued a temporary order pausing the case and allowing construction to continue while the justices decide on a pending legal challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Depending on how the rest of the preseason goes for Foster, he may be pausing his real-estate career.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Which, you see, Pip,” said Joe, pausing in his meditative raking of the fire, and looking at me, “were a drawback on my learning.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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