stop working
Example Sentences
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It’s a trade-off: Keep working to earn extra money and continue paying into the Social Security system, or stop working and survive on just your Social Security benefits and any other income.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 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
Scientists have long believed that this kind of pain may begin when mitochondria, the tiny structures that produce energy inside cells, stop working properly in damaged nerves.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
“It’s okay if it hurts,” I said, “but are you still in your body after things stop working? Do you know that you’ve died?”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
