stopping place

Example Sentences

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For years Galapagos was a favorite stopping place for sailors and pirates, who used giant tortoises as food on their trips.

From NewsForKids.net • Apr. 22, 2024

Once the Fed gets to a stopping place for rate increases, Harker said it will likely have to hold there for a while.

From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2023

On the podcast “Motherly,” Ms. Roshania Patel called The Lily “a stopping place on the internet where we could bring together the best stories on women and gender.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

For 82 years, they had been using it as a local hangout, a stopping place when taking a walk along the Burke-Gilman Trail.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2019

The leaders had agreed with Lee Scoresby that when they reached the next stopping place, they would inflate his balloon and he would spy from the air.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman