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stopped

adjective as in at a halt

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“But I think I really just stopped him in the act. I caught him, and then he wasn’t able to do what he was planning on doing, which was my goal.”

But nothing stopped them from making statements, organizing protests, putting up signs next to interview rooms or taking other steps to support the gay students who were affected by the Clinton administration’s discrimination.

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"Since the pandemic too many families have stopped sending their children to school regularly."

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"It was love," she acknowledges with a sad smile, that stopped her from following her siblings to Sweden.

From BBC

But Amy stopped me, held my hands and looked me in the eyes.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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