stopped
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A few years back, I stopped into my favorite vintage poster shop to splurge on a 1987 one-sheet for “Fatal Attraction,” designed by Polish artist Maciej Kalkus.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Officers also found several empty gas canisters, with mouthpieces on, inside another vehicle when it was stopped.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
At the same time, Japan has stopped building up its Treasury purchases from a baseline of $1.1 trillion in 2016.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
A coworker urged her to not speak out again, she said, but she ended up losing her job after the contractor stopped calling her.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
They’d gone another fifty paces when Torak stopped so abruptly that she walked into him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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