stopper

Canadian 19-year-old right-hander Michelle Roche plays college baseball in British Columbia while 38-year-old veteran Meggie Meidlinger has been a bullpen stopper for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Messi and Mbappe both converted from 12 yards in the shootout, but maverick stopper Emi Martinez - who also denied Randal Kolo Muani a last-gasp winner - proved the Argentine hero.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He turned into a trusted defensive stopper, timely three-point shooter and steady leader for the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Oliver Kahn was in goal for that agonising, stoppage-time turnaround against Manchester United - two years later, the German stopper would prove Bayern Munich's hero against a vintage Valencia in Milan.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Collapsing into his chair, he pulled the stopper and spilled out the vial's contents.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

But with football continuing to evolve, goalkeepers are not just shot stoppers and used as deep-lying playmakers to open up a new dimension of play.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

As teams build their rosters each offseason, they look for shooters such as Knecht, for defensive stoppers such as Jarred Vanderbilt, for offensive initiators or enforcers or for shot blockers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

But as the Kent E-FIT debacle reminds us, such pencil pushers still have a lot to teach our modern-day crime stoppers, and even the fanciest image model can’t beat a trained sketch artist just yet.

From Slate ● May 1, 2024

Frank was holding something Percy hadn’t noticed before—two small clay flasks with cork stoppers, like potions, one in each hand.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan