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  • past participle of stop.
  • past tense form of stop.
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stopped

British  
/ stɒpt /

adjective

  1. (of a pipe or tube, esp an organ pipe) closed at one end and thus sounding an octave lower than an open pipe of the same length

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West Yorkshire Police has appealed for two people, one of whom is called Sophie, who stopped to help the injured man to come forward.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

We got in, the car lurched forward and, I’m not exaggerating, less than a block later, the driver stopped the car, jumped out and opened my door.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

According to models based on QCD, that means too few quarks were being stopped to account for all the baryons appearing in the detector.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

So far, regulation hasn’t stopped China from closing the gap with the U.S.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

I stood thankfully on the sidewalk until my knees stopped knocking.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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