stopped

Example Sentences

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Since the study came out, some insurers have stopped using Egan-Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It might have stopped bloodshed on a different continent.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The Angels stopped paying legal fees for imprisoned former communications executive Eric Kay after the team reached a settlement with the family for deceased pitcher Tyler Skaggs in December.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Cohen and her team focused on meiosis rather than other stages of sperm development to ensure that sperm production could be fully stopped while still allowing it to recover later.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

I stopped at Tante Jans’s rooms just long enough to take a briefcase of papers from the desk.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom