pause
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“Every now and then,” Cardinals scouting director Randy Flores said, “you just pause and applaud the history of the moment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
International observers of Zambia's elections said Saturday the poll was marred by claims of intimidation, abductions and an hours-long pause in the vote count.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Despite a pause in most tariffs following talks in May 2025, Washington and Beijing have continued to exchange sanctions, including restrictions on humanoid robots shipped to the US and tighter Chinese curbs on drone exports.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
After a brief pause in June and July, U.S. stocks have resumed their pattern of jumping from record high to record high.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
There’s an uncomfortable pause, then her surprise morphs into anger.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Before the hosts can begin flaking it, however, the show pauses to consider why Americans eat so little fish compared with people in Japan.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
"The systems are designed to withstand technical failures. If a computer crashes or power fails, the timer pauses automatically and resumes on another machine."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
As the schedule pauses this week for the annual All-Star break, the Dodgers have the best record in the sport at 61-36.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The girl pauses, then continues, "Anyway. You better get going."
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which plays a key role in the impeachment process, has also paused at making impeachment a priority.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The man paused before entering the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations office.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Four of them - California, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania - have paused executions through executive actions, as issues of botched executions, discrimination and cost have come to the forefront.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A judge temporarily paused Mamdani’s new tax on luxury second homes after residents filed a lawsuit accusing the city of botching the rollout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Daddy paused, but it was just to get some more of those cleansing breaths.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
OpenAI is pausing some activities involving an upcoming artificial-intelligence model, Astra, after internal evaluations led the company to conclude it “cannot rule out critical cyber capabilities,” the company said in a blog post on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
At home, I put it on my bedside table, pausing to start the rice cooker on my way.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Andy Burnham has announced he is pausing a scheme which would have seen thousands of prisoners in England and Wales eligible to be released early.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits for up to one year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s one she doesn’t even know to be grateful for—the gift of pausing.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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