stopped
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The Met Office has now stopped generating the long term average number of days of snowfall a month, so average data since 2010 is not included in the above table.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Months later, on a routine mental health walk near the Mar Vista park, I heard a podcast clip that stopped me in my tracks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
That strength, however, might have temporarily ended with this week’s bearish dark cloud cover candle, which stopped a 14-week winning streak.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Oil analyst Anas Alhajji recently estimated it would take two months to get oil production back to normal levels after the fighting stopped.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Perhaps a hundred yards beyond the tent the chase stopped.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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