stop working
Example Sentences
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When these genes stop working properly or are present at low levels, cancer risk can rise.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
"New Yorkers deserve to feel safe wherever they go, and we will never stop working to make that a reality," she said in a statement.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“People should also stress test their plan against a scenario where they stop working two to five years earlier than expected.”
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
“If you’d stop working in that hole,” she said, “I’d live under a tree.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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