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stopper

[stop-er] / ˈstɒp ər /


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Arsenal fans of a certain vintage will remember former Spurs boy Nayim's long, looping winner beating the moustachioed stopper in the final minute of extra time to give Real Zaragoza the Cup Winners' Cup.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

But that wasn’t enough to serve as the team’s new stopper, as the Dodgers’ offense fell flat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

Jelly-legged stopper Jerzy Dudek was the shootout hero and Gerrard's miracle was complete.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

She opened a drawer and pulled out a small brown bottle with a glass stopper.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.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

As teams build their rosters each offseason, they look for shooters such as Knecht, for defensive stoppers such as Jarred Vanderbilt, for offensive initiators or enforcers or for shot blockers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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

Frank was holding something Percy hadn’t noticed before—two small clay flasks with cork stoppers, like potions, one in each hand.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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