stopping

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Brenda Jaimes pushed her way through an ecstatic crowd in downtown Santa Ana Thursday night, stopping in the middle of Fourth Street and calling attention to herself by shouting, “Me! Me!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

The most engaging of interviewees, the difficulty is stopping him talking.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Barron’s reported in May that internal guidelines at JPMorgan Chase, the world’s largest bank, caution employees to “think carefully before participating in markets related to the financial sector,” stopping short of a blanket ban.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

It’s stopping workers from hearing what unions won’t tell them: that the Supreme Court decided eight years ago this month in Janus v.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

The countdown kept stopping as technicians made final checks.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin