stopping

Example Sentences

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From her velvety blue couch in an Upper West Side luxury apartment, Semple is a press-play talker, stopping mostly when interrupted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Along the way, he kept stopping to pick up trash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

The researchers believe this inhibitor could represent a broadly applicable strategy for slowing or stopping neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

For them, there was no stopping Cid, so why bother?

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri