stoppable
Americanadjective
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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
“I don’t think it’s stoppable two plays in a row. I think we had one or two here and there,” Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
It is retreating and that may not be stoppable, Scambos said, but the pace will still be manageable in coming decades.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
“But it’s not that. It’s an easily curable, detectable, stoppable disease.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 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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