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“That is not an interest. It’s been hours and I cannot stop thinking about it. There will not be an interview.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“You couldn’t really go anywhere with him and not have someone stop him and tell us stories about his impact on their lives,” Hannah Cannom recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
He added that at sites where car production may stop, Volkswagen was exploring other "industrial solutions", pointing to advanced talks with companies from the defence industry over using its factory in Osnabrueck.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
In 1506, he asked the Venetian government to stop the Italian engraver Marcantonio Raimondi from copying his woodcuts.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Hey, Chitto,” she said, coming to a stop.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The rest, we can dump at one of our many overflowing roadside rest stops.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Pleased by the response to the show in Tuscaloosa, the Shakes booked a lengthy tour with stops at the Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Forest Hills Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But after forgettable stops in Turkey and Portugal, he’s back in the limelight at Real Madrid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is expected to reach Felixstowe in the United Kingdom on September 7, followed by stops in Hamburg, Germany and Gdynia, Poland later that week, according to a timetable published by Sea Legend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
She stops near the open door of the cafeteria.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The president stopped by to check on the negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
But the race was stopped after Verstappen had an almighty accident at the end of the first lap.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
And I certainly think that what Morris was doing was bad, and I wish it had stopped.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
"We found that oral butyrate treatment induces a sustained immunoregulatory response in the intestine, characterized by increased IL-10 production in CD4+ T-cells and protection from intestinal inflammation even after butyrate treatment is stopped," Yu said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Kiki pushed a stroller back and forth, back and forth, like if she stopped moving, something terrible would happen.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
I stopt in my tracks and looked agin and then I seed it was my brother Bill growed to look as old as pa looked a fue years back.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
“Oh no! he had never written, hardly ever, any thing of the kind in his life. The stupidest fellow! He was afraid not even Miss Woodhouse”—he stopt a moment—“or Miss Smith could inspire him.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Harriet was on the point of leaving the room, and only stopt to say, with a very interesting naïveté,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Being sent for very early in the Morning, I found her Pulse hard, quick, short; her Belly was tense and hard; she complained greatly of her Loins: her Urine was almost entirely stopt.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
Of Substances stopt between the Mouth and the Stomach —— 411 Chap.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
Gov. Greg Abbott has similarly focused on a wall and took credit for stopping it.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Such safety considerations are particularly weighty for SUVs and trucks, which have longer stopping distances and can cause more damage during collisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Video from the scene shows the truck moving through the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vermont without stopping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
At the same time, the day will be about encouraging people to "keep an eye on each other" as "we all have a role to play" in stopping terrorism, he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“No time to talk! No time to talk!” replied Duane, not stopping or even slowing.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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