stopper
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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
Other items such as an Oxo wooden spoon set, a Le Creuset wine stopper and Wusthof shears - all bought on Amazon - were photographed inside the motorhome.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
While stumbling over the lyrics to “Matchmaker,” “Fiddler” cast members suddenly appeared on stage, performing the song with him; they closed down the number with a rousing rendition of the show stopper “Tradition.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Drivers have long wanted to put a permanent stopper on stop-start.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Devi swabbed the bottle’s stopper with a clear substance and slid it into the mouth of the bottle.
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Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.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
But the lack of individual stoppers has been problematic the last two games, the Lakers struggling to stop scorers when they get hot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 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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