brief stop

Example Sentences

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"He made his way east from Lossiemouth and had a made a brief stop at Macduff and went off and was seen at Fraserburgh," she told BBC Scotland News.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The British leader will then travel on to Japan on Saturday for a brief stop there, Tokyo's foreign ministry confirmed.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

That may explain Mr. Ciattarelli’s brief stop in the city a month before Election Day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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

Every other time she’d moved, she’d been able to think of the destination as a brief stop along the way, but this one was the end of the road.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson