brief stop

Example Sentences

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Starmer will also travel to economic powerhouse Shanghai on Friday before making a brief stop in Japan to meet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

After a brief stop, the aircraft continued to Lagos.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

That may explain Mr. Ciattarelli’s brief stop in the city a month before Election Day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

We see his “first and last Egyptian sunset” and a brief stop in a hotel to freshen up “since I feel so bedraggled.”

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2025

Every other time she’d moved, she’d been able to think of the destination as a brief stop along the way, but this one was the end of the road.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson