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However, most analysts expect the ECB to pause its hikes after this week's meeting.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

“We need to pause frontier AI development and pivot and steer towards a pro-human future,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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

Ordinarily, the words should have vanished and the landscape spun to reveal a pyramid bearing the film’s title, but Boris Karloff’s name did not leave the screen, and he wondered whether Molly had hit pause.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

That means it can cover huge portions of the sky without lengthy pauses between observations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

He briefly comments on the works of Giovanni Bellini and Tintoretto, but then pauses to examine at length the work of the 18th-century artist Pietro Longhi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals with AI cloud companies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

The dancing couple pauses, the girl on the floor and her boyfriend stare.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

One whose deployment can be paused until we we have a decent level of certainty it won’t cause harm.

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

When trials are paused without disclosure, though, patients can get stuck waiting without much clarity about the potential risks of participating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Keep goin’, Gerry,” another ham radio operator added, when Martin paused his description.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

“Just … the best,” said Jim Harbaugh, pausing to search for a characteristically clever way to describe James and coming up with just this: “Yeah, he’s just the best.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

But on Friday evening, after multiple requests for comment from the Tribune about its findings, Abbott’s office said the governor was pausing all state funding for local grants to be used for Flock cameras.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 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

President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it was pausing construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has faced bipartisan opposition.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Your father hasn’t changed,” Abuelita Remedios said, pausing to look at us with much sadness.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall