stopping
Example Sentences
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They added that "there are uniformed personnel on the streets stopping people and checking their phones".
From BBC
Michael Byrd potentially saved lives by stopping the mob, lawmakers and police said.
From Salon
Bundy and the mayor led a driving tour of the shattered coastline, stopping at one property where the destruction of a home revealed a sea wall below with a pre-existing sinkhole.
Armed men—believed to be either state security forces or colectivos—performed spot checks in the capital Monday, stopping drivers to check their vehicles and forcing people to unlock their cellphones for suspect messages.
But young people in Beijing told AFP that taxing contraceptives will not address the root issues they say are stopping people from having children.
From Barron's
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