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stopper

[stop-er] / ˈstɒp ər /


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Canadian 19-year-old right-hander Michelle Roche plays college baseball in British Columbia while 38-year-old veteran Meggie Meidlinger has been a bullpen stopper for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Oliver Kahn was in goal for that agonising, stoppage-time turnaround against Manchester United - two years later, the German stopper would prove Bayern Munich's hero against a vintage Valencia in Milan.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Jelly-legged stopper Jerzy Dudek was the shootout hero and Gerrard's miracle was complete.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

While stumbling over the lyrics to “Matchmaker,” “Fiddler” cast members suddenly appeared on stage, performing the song with him; they closed down the number with a rousing rendition of the show stopper “Tradition.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Removing the stopper, he is confused, for at first the scent and the sensation do not change.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

But with football continuing to evolve, goalkeepers are not just shot stoppers and used as deep-lying playmakers to open up a new dimension of play.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

But the lack of individual stoppers has been problematic the last two games, the Lakers struggling to stop scorers when they get hot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

But as the Kent E-FIT debacle reminds us, such pencil pushers still have a lot to teach our modern-day crime stoppers, and even the fanciest image model can’t beat a trained sketch artist just yet.

From Slate ● May 1, 2024

There was lemon soda in thick bottles with blue marble stoppers to keep the fizz in.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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