stopped
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A persistent foot injury stopped the 25-year-old training and competing consistently at the start of this season, and he admitted in April that the previous six months had been the toughest of his career.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
"Your position is this can't be stopped in court?" asked Judge Patricia Millett, an appointee of president Barack Obama.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“We were on a plane to Malta, and they stopped serving us,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
During my latest trip to Asia, I played this on my headphones on repeat while I rode the subway . . . and haven’t stopped listening since.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Even though we were now free, and life was returning to some kind of normality, this was the worst time of all for me because Peter’s letters just stopped coming.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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