stopped
Example Sentences
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But in 2023, a recruitment patrol stopped him in the street.
From BBC
“Then, the music stopped. The cash-burning startups that were funding the revenue were gone.”
He seemed almost to giggle, but stopped himself.
That hasn’t stopped a steady stream of upbeat 2026 outlooks from strategists, nearly all of which see high-single or double-digit percentage gains for the benchmark index, including from formerly cautious voices.
From Barron's
Then the momentum petered out, and the fatality numbers stopped dropping.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
