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[stop] / stɒp /






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Multiple U.S.-brokered ceasefires between the Lebanese and Israeli governments have failed to stop the fighting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“We don’t see any evidence they’re going to stop any time soon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

I am not going to change my mind now - they didn't really click at the last Euros but I look at their frontline and think they will be hard to stop.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Doody has no experience in social services or fundraising, but he won’t let that stop him.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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