stopper

But that wasn’t enough to serve as the team’s new stopper, as the Dodgers’ offense fell flat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bridges is another key to New York’s playoff rampage, a stopper on defense who’s suddenly reborn offensively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

While stumbling over the lyrics to “Matchmaker,” “Fiddler” cast members suddenly appeared on stage, performing the song with him; they closed down the number with a rousing rendition of the show stopper “Tradition.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Manninger made 42 appearances for Juventus, filling in for injured first-choice stopper Gianluigi Buffon.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

But Dumbledore was having difficulty pulling out the stopper of the crystal bottle: His injured hand seemed stiff and painful.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

But with football continuing to evolve, goalkeepers are not just shot stoppers and used as deep-lying playmakers to open up a new dimension of play.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

But as the Kent E-FIT debacle reminds us, such pencil pushers still have a lot to teach our modern-day crime stoppers, and even the fanciest image model can’t beat a trained sketch artist just yet.

From Slate ● May 1, 2024

Served as streak stoppers in halting Blues at seven consecutive wins.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

There was lemon soda in thick bottles with blue marble stoppers to keep the fizz in.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy