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pit stop

[pit stop] / ˈpɪt ˌstɒp /


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One served as a "staging path" -- a kind of pit stop to route the agent's activity and cover its tracks -- and another as a place to store data.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Our trusty babysitter in the back—our dog Huckleberry—also needed to make a pit stop or two.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Under a VSC, cars have to slow down and maintain their gaps, but as they are travelling slower, it means a pit stop costs relatively less time than under racing conditions.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Here’s what the space agency expects to do before embarking on an ambitious lunar pit stop to Mars.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Two hundred miles and one pit stop later, safely removed from Kentucky, they were midway between Nashville and Memphis.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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