stope
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of stope
1740–50; apparently < Low German stope; see stoop 2
Example Sentences
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We need to stope mistaking success for heroism.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2017
Collins's long passage had wormed behind Thompson's stope, behind the La Chance stables; and it was no wonder he had found it easy enough to get supplies from Charliet.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by George W. Gage
For all we know he'll guess you must have got out of Thompson's stope somehow, and dig away his rock fence to see!
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by George W. Gage
Well, we waited till after one before we went to the collar and just as I was stepping into the cage the whole danged stope caved in!”
From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Dane Coolidge
The horizontal "flat-back" or "long-wall" stope, as it is variously called, shown in Figure 24, is operated by breaking the ore in slices parallel with the levels.
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Herbert Hoover
All major Russian airlines have since stoped flying west beyond neighboring Belarus.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
The Swiss-based group, which has already stoped all advertising in Russia, added it will continue supplying essential food products in the country.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2022
“We have our hostages, testing, research and all missle launches have stoped, and these pundits, who have called me wrong from the beginning, have nothing else they can say! We will be fine!”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2018
In his three starts, he has stoped 83 of the 86 shots he has faced, including 37 against the high-powered Washington Capitals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2015
"Peregrina" mountain was almost another Mammoth Cave, so enormous are the caverns that have been "stoped out" of it in the past four centuries.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
This is not only a problem of stoping the spread or locking away the offenders but a societal problem of how we as a society play a roll in incubating this evil.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
"Let me be clear: I have consistently called on white males like me to step, take responsibility, and be a part of stoping the sexism and bigotry that other white males engage in," Avenatti wrote.
From Fox News ● Oct. 25, 2018
More often than not, such a ploy was successful in stoping City, and therein lies the challenge this season – can they find an effective plan B, particularly when Kaka is missing?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2016
Where some of the country rock is broken off, it may fall into the magma, a process called stoping.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Page 92 The number of winzes required depends upon the method of stoping adopted, and is mentioned under "Stoping."
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Herbert Hoover
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