stopped

Example Sentences

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Then, because of a lack of horses and other byproducts of the closure of Golden Gate Fields, the fairs in the north all stopped offering fair racing.

From Los Angeles Times

The station where Williams stopped is situated along a busy road in the city of Falls Church, nestled between an Anglican church, an auto repair shop and a dentist's office.

From Barron's

Basically, if a stock breaks below a level that had previously stopped declines — a technical-support level — that level, when revisited, will likely stop a rally — a technical-resistance level.

From MarketWatch

I stopped drinking hot chocolate after reading in a grocery-store tabloid that one shouldn’t drink their calories.

From Salon

That line of thinking became so prevalent that many MLB organizations stopped teaching the splitter altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal