stopper
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Canadian 19-year-old right-hander Michelle Roche plays college baseball in British Columbia while 38-year-old veteran Meggie Meidlinger has been a bullpen stopper for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Messi and Mbappe both converted from 12 yards in the shootout, but maverick stopper Emi Martinez - who also denied Randal Kolo Muani a last-gasp winner - proved the Argentine hero.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He turned into a trusted defensive stopper, timely three-point shooter and steady leader for the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Drivers have long wanted to put a permanent stopper on stop-start.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
He forced the stopper back into the mouth of the bottle and went out to the veranda.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
But with football continuing to evolve, goalkeepers are not just shot stoppers and used as deep-lying playmakers to open up a new dimension of play.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
But as the Kent E-FIT debacle reminds us, such pencil pushers still have a lot to teach our modern-day crime stoppers, and even the fanciest image model can’t beat a trained sketch artist just yet.
From Slate ● May 1, 2024
Served as streak stoppers in halting Blues at seven consecutive wins.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
There was lemon soda in thick bottles with blue marble stoppers to keep the fizz in.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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