stopped
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"It is a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions, and must be stopped, NOW," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“My parents had unconditional love for all three of us. I can tell you they never stopped wanting to help him. They never stopped helping him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
If politicians stopped neglecting cities, then urban India could eventually stop being a byword for squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Notably, the measures announced stopped short of directly penalizing China, the main buyer of Iranian oil, a move that would have risked stoking tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Then, somewhere along the way, I stopped hoping.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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