pause
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Reddington immediately pleaded for a temporary pause so they could file an emergency appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The spokesperson added that there is no pause on the division’s work with the Canadian government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She had been told to push back a scheduled meeting, Covington said, adding that there is no pause on the division’s work with the Canadian government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The pause is expected to continue for most of this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I pause beside a column and risk a look.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
That means it can cover huge portions of the sky without lengthy pauses between observations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Readers’ senses are engaged as Muratov pauses in one place or another, such as in the Campagna on the outskirts of Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Before going inside, Duffy pauses to hype up his brood by sharing that none other than Ken Griffin bought one of the original copies of the Constitution to put on public display.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
She pauses for a long time, staring down at the paper we’ve been passing back and forth, before she scribbles out something and gives the note back to me.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
The U.S. bond market saw a similar story play out only a few weeks ago, when Bessent’s plan to at least double buybacks of long-dated government bonds only briefly paused the Treasury market selloff.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
OpenAI paused some model development for two weeks this summer after two models it was testing were involved in a security breach at AI platform Hugging Face.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The global selloff in sovereign debt paused and equity markets moved sideways in early European trade as investors were on alert for further currency intervention after the Japanese yen surged against the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
When a cyclist paused and waved us forward at a mini roundabout with his arm, the car complied.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
She paused, eyeing us both so we knew just how much she disapproved of our yanking at our expensive simulation probes.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
He issued a temporary order pausing the case and allowing construction to continue while the justices decide on a pending legal challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Depending on how the rest of the preseason goes for Foster, he may be pausing his real-estate career.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it was pausing construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has faced bipartisan opposition.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
OpenAI said Friday it was pausing some activity on an in-development model while it strengthens internal safeguards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“You know something,” the fat shopkeeper said, pausing a moment and smiling at Charlie, “I have a feeling you needed a break like this. I’m awfully glad you got it. Good luck to you, sonny.”
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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