stopped
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Dirk Schumacher, chief economist at German public lender KfW, said the decline in services inflation had stopped costs from surging too strongly in April.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Energy prices have climbed as oil-tanker traffic has effectively stopped on the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
After a shipment through Panama was stopped by U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
"They used to absolutely love it," she says, but adds as her children got older they stopped shopping there.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
And there, with my hand on the windowsill, I stopped.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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