stopping
Americannoun
noun
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informal a dental filling
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a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of stopping
1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; see -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Some migrants were stopping cars in the road to ask for food, money or to use mobile phones to call their families, AFP reporters said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The clause survives as decoration: incorporated, venerated, and incapable of stopping a single seizure.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
These days, however, there might not be much of a window between stopping work and turning 63, since most people work past 60 now.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In its own discussions, English football felt that merely stopping players going to the technical area would not deter coaches from using goalkeepers to break up play.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
What was strange, however, was that the gulls flew right past the island without stopping to rest.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
There were so many things going on with the police stoppings and stuff at the time, and it just really hit me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Smith also likes to push his clarinet above top C or to engage in a series of strangely manipulated double and triple stoppings.
From Time Magazine Archive
But now they were no longer checked and halted by the alternate stoppings for set-ups and turning-points, and no longer was Blake encumbered with the care of the level.
From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George
And so, unprofitably, the journey was beguiled, not without frequent stoppings and refreshings, each of which had the effect of exhilarating Whipcord’s spirits and making Masham’s tongue looser and looser.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
He roused the men, and the stoppings were at once removed from the loopholes.
From The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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