stopper
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But that wasn’t enough to serve as the team’s new stopper, as the Dodgers’ offense fell flat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
Messi and Mbappe both converted from 12 yards in the shootout, but maverick stopper Emi Martinez - who also denied Randal Kolo Muani a last-gasp winner - proved the Argentine hero.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bridges is another key to New York’s playoff rampage, a stopper on defense who’s suddenly reborn offensively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
"I want the outer door locked in the fully open position with the mechanical stopper in place to keep it from being trashed by the decompress."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.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
The woman took two empty jars, removed their stoppers, and poured them into the glass cylinder.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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