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[stop] / stɒp /






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The art was not made using A.I., but this didn’t stop the accusations from mounting.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

“It was, initially, to stop the bleeding at least a little bit,” Ortiz Jr. said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

New York's subway is known for being dirty, noisy and sometimes flooded, but that doesn't stop people from flocking to grab a seat, sign or other memorabilia at a unique annual auction.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The cyber directorate said it helped the farmer harden the camera’s security and adjust its viewing angle to stop capturing military operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

I suddenly stop thinking about all the drama and problems I have.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

After its China team’s tête-à-tête with Licht, Reckitt pulled out the stops to go to the social media apps where many Chinese wind up shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

But in a metal containing a magnetic impurity, resistance stops falling when the Kondo temperature is reached.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Evidence provided by Adidas included side-by-side comparisons of its products with White Fox clothes which include sweatpants and lounge shorts, as well as images of billboards on buses and at bus stops.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

When something stops going down on bad news, that means too much negativity is embedded in the price.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

When she stops, I wonder if she’s going to say something about Teddy.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

“I’m kind of stopped right now. I can’t make a move because if I make the wrong move, that could be devastating.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

These findings do not establish that damaged cartilage was rebuilt or that arthritis progression can be permanently stopped.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

After the volunteers stopped coming altogether, the search for food grew desperate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The referee stopped play and the stadium announcer urged fans not to throw objects on to the pitch, while stewards hastily removed the items from the grass.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Through the years he took his stopped watches to “the One who set the atoms dancing,” or “who keeps the great currents circling through the sea.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“Oh no! he had never written, hardly ever, any thing of the kind in his life. The stupidest fellow! He was afraid not even Miss Woodhouse”—he stopt a moment—“or Miss Smith could inspire him.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

I stopt in my tracks and looked agin and then I seed it was my brother Bill growed to look as old as pa looked a fue years back.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Harriet was on the point of leaving the room, and only stopt to say, with a very interesting naïveté,

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so wisely—they are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to scorn Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with dust.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

Let me go!—instantly! instantly!—Would you make me hate—' She had begun with a precipitance nearly vehement; but stopt abruptly.

From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

Produce supplier Taylor Farms is stopping iceberg lettuce sales from central Mexico between May 1 and Aug. 31, starting next year, after a widespread cyclospora outbreak sickened thousands in the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"At the same time, the warning could be interpreted as stopping short of completely foreclosing inter-Korean dialogue: essentially telling Seoul not to interfere unless it has something substantial to offer."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The group tried to push the state legislature to adopt bills aimed at stopping steep rent increases and protecting tenants’ rights to organize.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

A relentless triple-header beginning in Azerbaijan and stopping in Malaysia finally concludes in Singapore next Sunday, 11 Oct.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

She toiled painfully up the railless stairs, stopping often for breath.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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