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Presenter Amol Rajan used his Alternative Mactaggart to urge the UK government to "stop dithering" about the BBC's funding structure.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Consumer movements have sought to stop publishers pulling the plug on games they decide are no longer worth keeping online.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Drawing on Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology, he defines a UFO sighting as the sort of sense impression that happens “when the heavens break down and stop working.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It will stop becoming entertaining when every survivor has to wear SPF sunscreen rated at least 1,000 just to take out the trash.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Let me,” says the doctor, layering cotton strips to stop the seeping blood.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The road is long and weary, filled with detours and extended stops.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Justice Department argues there is nothing in the law that stops the board from naming the plaza or acknowledging major donors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Three bus stops between Castle Street and Frederick Street will also remain closed to reduce congestion.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But this trend must force public health leaders to confront what a communication failure looks like when well-meaning but blunt advice stops being heard and heeded and more sympathetic, appealing messages take hold.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
The bleeding from his forehead slows and then stops within twenty-four hours.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
But it stopped short of addressing the accusations that Turkey had carried out deadly drone strikes.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
These were the most substantive comments made by the Fed chairman since he took over this spring, though Warsh stopped short of saying whether he would support raising interest rates next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
While Q stopped posting in 2022, the movement did not disappear.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
On Wednesday, she stopped by the site of the fire and saw it had been reduced to ash and rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
My heart had stopped by then, so I could have heard every word she spoke.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Harriet was on the point of leaving the room, and only stopt to say, with a very interesting naïveté,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
“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
A certain Person swallowed a large Morsel of Calf's Lights, which stopt in the Middle of the Gullet, and exactly filled up the Passage.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so learnedly, 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
But Meta may also benefit from stopping the trial where it was.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
"However, the reality is that the US president is unconcerned. He does not consider stopping or backing down simply because Kuwait is targeted," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
He observed one stopping for a dip in the garden pool, highlighting the increasingly common overlap between wildlife and residential life in Los Angeles County, where housing developments have spread into bear habitat.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Such safety considerations are particularly weighty for SUVs and trucks, which have longer stopping distances and can cause more damage during collisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some of the group began discussing procedures for stopping and searching Soviet ships when John McCone broke in.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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