stoppable
Americanadjective
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Origin of stoppable
Example Sentences
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Which will prevail, the movable force or the stoppable object, will be settled on the field.
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023
Still, whether it’s stoppable, it has to be fun, right?
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022
“Some things you just can’t stop. But if it is stoppable, and that thought makes someone think twice and say something that stops something, that’s its reason for being.”
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022
The past few months have seen the team’s goaltending solidify beyond the opening weeks of the season when too many stoppable shots were going in.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2022
If she was stoppable, then Angela, Cherry, and I were going to have to stop her.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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