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pause

[pawz] / pɔz /




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The truce, which covers the Kherson region only and began early Tuesday, marks the longest pause in fighting between Russia and Ukraine anywhere on the front line since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

The move creates a 10 day pause on creditors calling in debts.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

A federal judge ruled against the company in August, and an appeals court refused in September to pause enforcement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

A Fed rate pause Wednesday likely won’t help drivers much, Robb said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

We arrive at the front entrance of the mansion and pause near the griffins.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Nobody pauses to determine whether everyone wants enough chips to justify them.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

The chorus is the key here, as its smooth riff pauses for Casablancas to softy wail out “We could never afford it / So we dine and dash / I would always go last.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

He even pauses to snack on Life cereal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“When the Fed goes into action, it rarely moves once. We expect one more hike in December, but the Fed then pauses as inflation moderates,” said the Morgan Stanley economists.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

She pauses and gives my red, white, and blue outfit a not-so-friendly once-over.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

At an execution site of local people during British colonial times, the king paused to reflect in a gesture meant to indicate his awareness of this past injustice.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The outflows ceased when we paused withdrawal service earlier. We are still working with partners to freeze many of the impacted assets, and have frozen around $3 billion thus far,” it said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The exchange is currently in cancel-only mode and relayer actions paused while we investigate an incident,” Polymarket said on its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Peltola earlier this week paused campaigning activities in order to recover after she and her family sustained "minor injuries" in a car crash.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

He paused for a second, then added: "You, like all knights in armor, should have a squire to be your helper and companion."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

By pausing, Warsh has blunted, for now, one potential threat to his institution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Offspring’s co-founding guitarist Noodles is pausing on performing due to a health scare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Competitive threats are growing amid “streamflation” concerns—financially pinched households cutting or pausing subscriptions to services such as Netflix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Maniscalco is an incredible businessman, and a pioneer in the craft of shouting a premise and then pausing until the audience agrees it’s a punchline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Then, without pausing, she set out on a dash across the garden as fast as she could run, expecting at any instant to hear the cat’s scream and feel his great claws on her back.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien


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