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stopper

noun as in plug

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Rams players on defense and offense noted that Ford is more than a run stopper — he has 11 ½ sacks — and that he can make plays across the field.

As he has done repeatedly this year, Kershaw served as a stopper to another Dodgers slide, setting a new season high with eight strikeouts while giving up just two hits through his first five innings.

The 6ft 4in stopper has 93 appearances to his name, only 52 of which have come in the Belgian Pro League.

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From 1 September, shops and business in South Australia will no longer be able to sell or distribute pre-filled 30ml soy sauce containers that have a lid, cap or stopper.

From BBC

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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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