stops
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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French Finance Minister Roland Lescure added that greater efforts were needed "to make sure that European capital stops flying everywhere else, and stays in Europe to finance European solutions for the global problems we face".
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
England are due to make it to the semi-finals, with Portugal poised to knock them out two decades after they did in 2006 - though the model stops short of foretelling 'penalties, again'.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
When you have built a large portfolio and watch half of it disappear, a 50% drawdown stops being a number on a page.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Rubio used the visit—which included stops in four cities and a swing to the Taj Mahal with his wife—to insist that this friction hasn’t knocked the relationship off course.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
She stops in the doorway, her forehead crinkled with worry.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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