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stopped

ADJECTIVE
at a halt
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“There is this pent-up demand, but it’s been stopped and stalled by these volatile mortgage rates,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at real-estate brokerage Redfin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But he stopped short of saying how his stewardship of the November talks would break a stalemate around fossil fuels that has plagued recent COPs and sparked a revolt at the last summit in Brazil.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

After his first visit to the Great Park, however, he said he stopped looking and in March, the team announced it would train in Irvine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She stopped watching Newsmax and OAN, and started listening to NPR.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

At Weil’s Furriers, directly across the street, the group stopped.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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