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In 1506, he asked the Venetian government to stop the Italian engraver Marcantonio Raimondi from copying his woodcuts.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Robert McGuire secured a grand jury indictment against Abrego Garcia for human smuggling charges related to a 2022 traffic stop.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
León is an important stop on the sacred Camino de Santiago, but the eclipse made for a different kind of pilgrimage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
“But at the same time, I do not want fear, uncertainty or doubt to stop our city from moving forward.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Piles and piles of regret, guilt, and grief spill over, a torrent I can’t stop.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Pleased by the response to the show in Tuscaloosa, the Shakes booked a lengthy tour with stops at the Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Forest Hills Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
That reality has helped push Gulf states to support even unfavorable deals that would acknowledge Iranian oversight of the strait if it stops further escalation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
However, once they are granted refugee status, support from the UK government stops and many turn to the council for assistance, ending up in temporary or homeless accommodation.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Instead, they expect a prolonged series of halting starts and stops to the conflict, causing flows through the Strait of Hormuz to continuously fluctuate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Celia stops her watch and slows to a walk, so I slow down, too.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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And I certainly think that what Morris was doing was bad, and I wish it had stopped.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Davis described the moment the Cadillac he was a passenger in stopped alongside the car Shakur was in.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The budget carrier has stopped charging for soft drinks, juice and water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We found that oral butyrate treatment induces a sustained immunoregulatory response in the intestine, characterized by increased IL-10 production in CD4+ T-cells and protection from intestinal inflammation even after butyrate treatment is stopped," Yu said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
We bumped forward a few feet and stopped again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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“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
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Harriet was on the point of leaving the room, and only stopt to say, with a very interesting naïveté,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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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
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Of Substances stopt between the Mouth and the Stomach —— 411 Chap.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
While, with great dismay, she sought to recover them, a feeble, but eager voice, from a carriage, which suddenly stopt, ordered a footman to descend and assist the young lady.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
You can blame the rest of us for not stopping it before it got this bad.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
At the same time, the day will be about encouraging people to "keep an eye on each other" as "we all have a role to play" in stopping terrorism, he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Like actual religion, to continue on versus stopping becomes a question of faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many are demanding refunds, stopping orders and venting on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
As he tugged the small wooden door shut behind him, stopping the rush of cold night air into the car, I turned back to study my aunt.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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