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stopper

[stop-er] / ˈstɒp ər /


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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Other items such as an Oxo wooden spoon set, a Le Creuset wine stopper and Wusthof shears - all bought on Amazon - were photographed inside the motorhome.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Bridges is another key to New York’s playoff rampage, a stopper on defense who’s suddenly reborn offensively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

But if you grabbed their wrist, the narrowest part of the arm, their hand acted like a stopper and kept them from slipping free.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.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

But the lack of individual stoppers has been problematic the last two games, the Lakers struggling to stop scorers when they get hot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 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

The woman took two empty jars, removed their stoppers, and poured them into the glass cylinder.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton


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