stop running

Example Sentences

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More than anything, they want to stop running and start a new chapter, especially for their daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

When you stop running and stop chasing horizons and you stay still, the only place you can go is above or below.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025

Since the encounter, I have had to stop running my business that I had.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

“Tomorrow, we can start to forget,” she whispers with a smile to June, the Pauline who can’t stop running back to peril.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

I don’t stop running until I’ve reached the far side of the parking lot.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden