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Earlier this week, the UK development finance agency and Canada's second largest pension fund La Caisse said they were suspending new investment into the firm.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Fallout: The U.S. and several other countries said yesterday that they were suspending some funding for UNRWA.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Following the military’s decision, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they were suspending the talks “as a result of repeated serious violations of the short-term ceasefire.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Four major global aid groups, whose humanitarian efforts have reached millions of Afghans, said on Sunday that they were suspending operations because they were unable to run their programmes without female staff.

From Reuters • Dec. 27, 2022

When we informed the government that we were suspending talks, we sent Mr. de Klerk a memo outlining the reasons for our withdrawal.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela