brake

Example Sentences

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That could put the brakes on growth in global smartphone sales, which added 1.9 percent to reach 1.26 billion devices last year.

From Barron's

Shale companies have defied predictions that they would hit the brakes and pushed the national crude output to a record average of 13.6 million barrels of oil a day last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

By 2021, Gray was burned out from the commute and was looking to hit the brakes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nebraska law bars “any personal use whatsoever” of state-owned vehicles, and State Auditor Mike Foley is determined to slam the brakes on such “joyriding.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The sailor assigned to man the brakes in the cockpit and another who was towing the jet had to jump off at the last second.

From The Wall Street Journal