stopped
Britishadjective
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She said that as she stopped to take a photograph, her fiance went up a side street but by the time she had followed him he had disappeared.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
At a time when the BOE was trying to tighten monetary policy, it intervened in a way that stopped the pension fund selling spiral and stabilized gilts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Researchers observed roughly twice as many baryons as should have been produced based on the electric charge associated with stopped quarks.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
So far, regulation hasn’t stopped China from closing the gap with the U.S.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dad would say it so often though, that it became truth, and I stopped questioning the reality of it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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