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cease

[sees] / sis /


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Letterboxd, as we know and love it, would cease to exist, transforming into another nu-media ouroboros.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Collins says she has encouraged ICE “to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops,” wants a “full and impartial” investigation of the Biddeford shooting, and thinks agents should wear body cameras.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

The word loyalty is going to cease to exist in many programs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

EU states must cease applying their own levies, a senior European official said.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

If he could be still enough, all the world’s motions would cease.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

If exchange ceases to be reciprocal, the entire relationship changes.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

Nikki’s interiority ceases only a moment after that fateful conversation about love and romance on the way home from the bar.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

But if it goes to a nonspouse heir, the IRS says it ceases to be an HSA and treats it as one big withdrawal that counts as income in that tax year for the beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

"When anger is turned towards communities – whether Jewish, Muslim, or any other – it ceases to be a call for justice and becomes something far more corrosive," he wrote.

From BBC May 14, 2026

Dr. Arnold Lehman, who is the chief pharmacologist of the Food and Drug Administration, says there is neither a floor below which DDT is not absorbed nor a ceiling beyond which absorption and storage ceases.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

My preferred way to eat chicken noodle soup as a child was with so many Saltines crushed into the bowl that it ceased to resemble soup altogether.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Roughly 26 percent of the trees' yearly carbon uptake happened after growth had ceased.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Ever since Jaguar Land Rover ceased production of the classic Land Rover Defender, fans have been snapping up discontinued models and breathing new life into them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

It appears to have ceased publication in April, and according to a May press release, longtime editor John Buckingham co-founded a new firm that plans to launch a new value-oriented newsletter later this summer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

The conversation ceased as the two of them shoveled food into their mouths.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

The troubled carrier, which was set to emerge from its second bankruptcy in a year, announced it was ceasing operations after a potential White House bailout fell through.

From Barron's May 2, 2026

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, told reporters Thursday that the talks starting would be “contingent” upon hostilities ceasing in Lebanon.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

The U.S. activist investor said key elements of the stand-alone plan included unwinding cross-shareholdings and ceasing overinvestment in the automotive segment.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

The family appealed the decision at tribunal, where a judge ruled that the council's failure to consult on ceasing the plan invalidated the decision.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

A milder state of emergency, Code Blue, called for ceasing all inmate movement and locking down the whole jail.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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