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[stop] / stɒp /






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“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

It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I stop fretting about my phone signal and the flight from Santa Fe.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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