brief stop

Example Sentences

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With the brief stop at Point Nemo, Brown had taken one giant step in a yearslong quest to visit the Earth’s “poles of inaccessibility.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Starmer will also travel to economic powerhouse Shanghai on Friday before making a brief stop in Japan to meet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

After a brief stop, the aircraft continued to Lagos.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

We see his “first and last Egyptian sunset” and a brief stop in a hotel to freshen up “since I feel so bedraggled.”

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2025

One migrant watches as another leaps from freight car to freight car during a train’s brief stop in Mapastepee.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario