suspend
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Inspector General Matthew Barragan recommended in the audit that the department suspend the deployment of any new automatic license plate readers, known as ALPRs, and the execution of new contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Jiangsu province, also in China's eastern region, said it would suspend "all in-person educational activities" at schools from Thursday afternoon through Friday and urged students and teachers to "pay attention to typhoon safety".
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Slower global growth, trade policy uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and conflicts are likely to weigh on investment decisions, leading firms to cancel, suspend or delay projects,” it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The 25-year-old was was set to miss his side's last-16 tie against Belgium on Tuesday, but Fifa made the shock decision to suspend the automatic one-match ban for 12 months.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
As though sheer willpower was enough to suspend her children’s childhoods until she could afford to have them living with her.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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When earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters happen, the IRS commonly suspends all sorts of deadlines for impacted taxpayers.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The NBA automatically suspends any player who receives 16 technical fouls during a season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
It suspends the right of assembly and permits individuals to be arrested and interrogated without a court order.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
Disney temporarily suspends “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC after criticism of his remarks on Charlie Kirk’s killing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Now suppose that shaft e suspends from its perimeter a weight of 50 lbs., the shaft being 4 inches in diameter.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The number of children suspended from school has also fallen by 75% over the past 20 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In a letter last month to the municipality of Lipari and the Sicily region, the environmental foundation Marevivo called the authorisation procedure for the desalination plants to be suspended.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The team placed these artificial particles inside specially designed rotating pressure tanks that kept the marine snow suspended instead of allowing it to settle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
By the evening of July 8, Platner had suspended his campaign.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
“I found someone,” she said to one of them, a physical therapist named Julio who had been drafted into meal delivery now that all physical-therapy sessions had been suspended.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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He was dragged into suspending his campaign and has now withdrawn from the race.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
The oysterman and former Marine who bested a popular governor and built a grass-roots network of more than 15,000 supporters in Maine announced he was suspending his campaign on Wednesday night.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“For the movement to continue, it can’t be me. And for that reason, we are suspending campaign operations, “Platner said.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Line arrays work by suspending multiple speaker cabinets in a curved vertical column, allowing sound engineers to precisely shape the direction and throw of audio across a large space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Instead of emphasising the strong beats as the foot-tappingly predictable swing had done, bebop deliberately resisted, suspending the rigid reiteration of the regular pulse.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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