stops

/ stɒps /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) any one of several card games in which players must play their cards in certain sequences

Example Sentences

The toilets are only open for use while the train is speeding along, not when it stops.

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"He walks out, sees me standing there and he just stops everything and walks right over to me and gives me a big hug," Frank says.

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Instead, we’re made to sort through scenes from his childhood and young adulthood, checking off the list of standard stops on the “What makes him tick?”

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The Stray Cats initially canceled the first two stops on their fall run, in Mount Pleasant, Mich., and Rockford, Ill., before scrapping the whole tour Tuesday.

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If Colorado can regulate global emissions through its courts, what stops Texas from suing California over its emissions policies?

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Related Words

• break 
• cease 
• close 
• drop 
• end 
• halt 
• hold 
• kill 
• pause 
• put an end to 
• quit 
• stall 
• stand 
• stay