stopped
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He briefly tried wearing compression socks for his swelling ankles, but stopped because he didn’t like them.
The goals stopped flowing quite so much after that, but with five goals in the first half of his debut Premier League season the 19-year-old will turn heads if he can maintain this form.
From BBC
The Justice Department on Wednesday stopped trying to prevent control of the National Guard troops in Los Angeles from returning to the California governor.
In a bit of dumb luck that hasn’t stopped me from bragging about it since, 10 years ago I was the first one to publicly push for Roberts’ hiring.
From Los Angeles Times
He said there was no power onboard the train when it stopped, and that some passengers slept while others were "also very worried".
From BBC
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