dead stop
Example Sentences
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"That proves they can execute a dead stop at speed. It usually takes multiple seasons to make it to 'Top'."
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
Cars consume a lot of fuel to get moving from a dead stop.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022
On Wednesday he skidded past a gate in his second slalom run and came to a dead stop.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022
Pushing it over is very difficult when it is at a dead stop.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2020
Word spread quickly around the stage: none of the bands was getting through the traffic, now at a dead stop as people abandoned their cars and walked the last few miles to the festival.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
