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stop

[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

Residents are campaigning to stop the further industrialisation of this green space.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

She won’t stop hugging me until I vow that I’m actually okay.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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