stopped

Example Sentences

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The proposed moratorium would not have stopped the giant World Logistics Center, which was approved by the City Council in 2015 and remains largely unbuilt.

From Los Angeles Times

Why exactly work stopped remains something of a mystery, with the site owner and local authority remaining tight-lipped, and people sharing theories with Jay online.

From BBC

Hamburg and other cities have now temporarily suspended the salt ban -- but in Berlin legal action by an environmental group stopped this on Wednesday.

From Barron's

Since the match against Newcastle on 18 January, dad Tom said people had stopped him the street to call him a "chicken nugget thief".

From BBC

Simon Fairclough, manager of the Guernsey Welfare Service, said while its food bank's stores looked full, if they stopped receiving donations their stocks would "empty in about a week".

From BBC