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stoppable

[stop-uh-buhl] / ˈstɒp ə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
avoidable
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Which will prevail, the movable force or the stoppable object, will be settled on the field.

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2023

It is retreating and that may not be stoppable, Scambos said, but the pace will still be manageable in coming decades.

From Washington Post Feb. 15, 2023

“Some things you just can’t stop. But if it is stoppable, and that thought makes someone think twice and say something that stops something, that’s its reason for being.”

From New York Times Dec. 2, 2022

Bergeron, who got the "C" when Zdeno Chara left to sign with Washington, beat Ilya Samsonov with a stoppable shot in the second and stunted a comeback bid with an unassisted goal in the third.

From Fox News May 24, 2021

If she was stoppable, then Angela, Cherry, and I were going to have to stop her.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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