brake
Example Sentences
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Tech CEOs are locked in an artificial intelligence "arms race" that risks wiping out humanity, top computer science researcher Stuart Russell told AFP on Tuesday, calling for governments to pull the brakes.
From Barron's
In fact, she had been the brake woman on the Swiss national team and had hoped to be competing in these Olympics herself.
From Los Angeles Times
After the German release of its debt brake a year ago, potentially unleashing $1 trillion of government spending, there’s a new capital cycle starting, Lancaster believes.
From MarketWatch
U.S. automakers have been pumping the brakes on their electric-vehicle businesses for months, and the costs are piling up.
While “Neighbors” smacks of the kind of thing calculated to raise a nation’s already elevated blood pressure, it may have a calming effect or at least tap the brakes on the crazier behavior.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
