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

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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But once Spain lifted the World Cup trophy on Sunday, almost every trace of football on Nauru stopped.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

So she took the advice and stopped talking to her mom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Tchir isn’t altogether sure this can be stopped.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The second of seven children in a family of subsistence farmers in rural Sinaloa, Zambada stopped attending school after the sixth grade, the defense memo said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

They rode all night and stopped only at dawn, when they were sure they couldn't be found.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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