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
North, with a heart stopper, converted to three no-trump.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2012
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
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
