stopped

Example Sentences

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Senescence happens whether or not the eggs are fertile and can’t be stopped by relocating the eggs.

From Los Angeles Times

A police dog and its handler searched marshland near to London Road and found a man who tried to run away but was stopped by the canine.

From BBC

Insisting that it was his health that had stopped him from coming to Paris, Ramadan said if he had not wanted to attend, he would have not have assembled a legal team.

From BBC

She has since stopped taking the medication and said she had built up an "arsenal" of other coping strategies.

From BBC

City crews were on the verge of welding a manhole cover shut in South Los Angeles Wednesday morning when a surprise discovery stopped them in their tracks.

From Los Angeles Times