put an end to
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“It’s what we do to put an end to it. Like, ‘Oh, be sweet to me!’”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Pearl Harbor put an end to all that when Hitler foolishly declared war on the United States four days after the Japanese attack.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
New security protocols after the Sept. 11 attacks put an end to that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
That would put an end to the inflated prices sometimes charged by secondary ticketing sites.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
In 1917 the Russian Revolution had put an end to an empire that was centuries old and, after years of civil war, replaced it with a new system of government called communism.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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