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stopper

[stop-er] / ˈstɒp ər /


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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

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

The Athletic Club stopper kept seven clean sheets and was only beaten by Belgium's Charles de Ketelaere in the quarter-final tie.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

She runs her fingers across the vials, plucks one filled with violet liquid, and yanks out the stopper with a loud pop.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.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

The woman took two empty jars, removed their stoppers, and poured them into the glass cylinder.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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