heart stopper
Example Sentences
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I scanned the cover page and there it was, another heart stopper: “House vote enshrines legal right in U.S. to same-sex and interracial marriage.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
After West made a Michaels Cue-Bid to show his major two-suiter, the two-heart response by North indicated at least game-invitational values with a heart stopper and no spade stopper.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2011
Left-hand opponent cue-bid three hearts, asking his partner to bid three no-trump with a heart stopper, which your right-hand opponent did.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2011
Your left-hand opponent overcalls three hearts, asking her partner to bid three no-trump with a heart stopper.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2011
Only in the American League West was the race something less than a heart stopper.
From Time Magazine Archive
