stopper

Example Sentences

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Drivers have long wanted to put a permanent stopper on stop-start.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Yet Hall is far from a mere stopper.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"Purely from a security aspect, it's a bit ridiculous that I have to put a door stopper under my door to prevent somebody from kicking the door open," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

At the other end Madrid midfielder Arda Guler fired straight at Villarreal stopper Luiz Junior after some tidy footwork, and then shot high over the bar at the end of a swift break.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

As proof, Meggers pointed to Marajo, an island more than twice the size of New Jersey that sits like a gigantic stopper in the mouth of the Amazon.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann