stopped
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The Prince of Wales also recorded a birthday message after being stopped by Mark O'Mahoney during a walkabout of the new Newquay suburb.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The officers then stopped the BMW, which lacked a front license plate, according to the affidavit.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
That hasn’t stopped it from selling computing capacity to a rival AI lab, a move that some have said underscores the lack of demand for xAI’s Grok.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Before the championship game, Rice’s performance during batting practice “was so epic that literally everybody stopped and watched him,” Hyde said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
As she was led around the ring in the grand parade, she stopped right by me where I was sitting in the front row, and reached out her trunk towards me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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