stopped
Britishadjective
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It stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north east of Drymen in Stirling.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Smesko wanted to expand Reese’s shooting range, so in training camp he stopped a team drill until Reese made two 3-pointers in a row.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The council did not intercede, for example, two years ago when LA28 stopped its previous practice of naming contractors that it had paid more than $1 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Just like then, the bad news kept coming, but prices stopped falling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
We carried her to the hospital, then stopped.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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