stopped
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This spring, Return on Life stopped making new investments into the fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
He then drove to his sister’s neighborhood, where the car tailed him into a cul-de-sac and stopped beside his white Mercedes sport utility vehicle — an encounter recorded by a home security camera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Truran is regularly stopped by strangers, many of them women in their 20s and 30s, who tell her they are "frightened of getting old" and she shows them "it's not that bad".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Once additional material stopped accumulating on the mountain, powerful winds may have gradually eroded portions of the existing rock, carving out the distinctive yardangs visible today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Two or three times when the train stopped, the door was slid open a few inches and a pail of water passed in.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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