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There’s an elderly gentleman named George who has been stopping by the funeral home on occasion to talk about anything from the weather to the most recent details of his grief work.

From Salon

“This is not about stopping anything. This is about requiring a safe and inhabitable property,” he said.

At sites where stopping would pose an imminent threat to human life, work will continue, but at others, it will pause, according to the agency.

Teams are placing players in front of goalkeepers tasked with stopping their movement and ability to defend set-plays.

From BBC

The admission comes some three weeks after the Supreme Court, without explanation, held that federal agents could continue stopping and arresting people based on race, language and perceived economic status.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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