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He was suspended by the league until he agreed to stand for the anthem and was traded after the season to the Sacramento Kings, where his NBA career effectively ended in 1998.
AMERICANS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT ATHLETE PROTESTS THAN THEY ONCE WEREMICHAEL TESLERSEPTEMBER 3, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTOther sports followed, just as they did in March when the season was suspended four months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
ATHLETES, FROM THE NBA TO TENNIS STARS, ARE STRIKING TO PROTEST THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKEKDUNN6AUGUST 27, 2020FORTUNESwing states such as Florida and Wisconsin have suspended efforts to send teams to nursing homes to assist with voting.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMICBY RYAN MCCARTHY AND JACK GILLUMAUGUST 26, 2020PROPUBLICAThe status of “suspended” simply means we are waiting for additional information before closing this complaint.
BARRIOS MAKES DUBIOUS CLAIMS ON INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIS SPENDINGJESSE MARXAUGUST 25, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOFaulconer and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo are asking the appellate court to suspend that order to prevent the companies from following through on their threats to pull out of California if forced to comply.
FAULCONER WADES INTO UBER FIGHTSARA LIBBYAUGUST 20, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAs a result, the site suspended the campaign and said it would refund the donations unless Kolfage identified a non-profit that would receive it.
5 CRAZY DETAILS FROM THE CASE AGAINST STEVE BANNON—INCLUDING ‘A BOAT NAMED WARFIGHTER’JEFFAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNEA statement posted on the Seat Pleasant city website says Grant voluntarily stepped down temporarily as mayor on July 19, one day before the Council voted unanimously to suspend him from his duties pending an independent investigation.
MALE STAFFER ACCUSES SEAT PLEASANT MAYOR OF SEXUAL HARASSMENTLOU CHIBBARO JR.AUGUST 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEI’ll just tell you an aerosol is all suspended droplets in the air.
‘WE HAVE THE POWER AS A COMMUNITY TO DECIDE’MEGAN WOODAUGUST 7, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAccordingly, some suspended the work with messengers, as with any other channels generating leads.
MARKETING STRATEGIES DURING COVID-19 TIMESEVELINA BROWNJULY 13, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHHe devised a rat cage in the form of a turntable suspended over water.
WHY SLEEP DEPRIVATION KILLSVERONIQUE GREENWOODJUNE 4, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEWORDS RELATED TO SUSPEND
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
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- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- arrest
- avoid
- bar
- block
- bottle
- break
- check
- choke
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- clog
- close
- congest
- cut off
- disrupt
- fill
- fix
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- hinder
- hush
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- intercept
- interrupt
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- plug
- put a stop to
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- seal
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- silence
- stall
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- stay
- stem
- still
- stopper
- suspend
- throw over
- turn off
- ward off
- blows off
- breaks
- breaks off
- calls it a day
- ceases
- closes
- cold turkey
- comes to a standstill
- concludes
- cool it
- cuts out
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- desists
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- draws up
- drops
- ends
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- halts
- hangs it up
- holds
- is over
- kills
- pauses
- pulls up
- puts an end to
- quits
- quits cold
- refrains
- runs its course
- scrubs
- shuts down
- signs off
- stalls
- stands
- stays
- tarries
- terminates
- winds up
- wraps up
- averted
- awayed
- curved
- dangled
- deflected
- diverted
- flapped
- fluctuated
- hung
- lurched
- oscillated
- palpitated
- pendulated
- pitched
- pivoted
- reeled
- revolved
- rocked
- rolled
- rotated
- sheered
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- suspended
- swayed
- swerved
- swiveled
- turned
- turned about
- turned on an axis
- twirled
- undulated
- varied
- veered
- vibrated
- volte-faced
- wagged
- waggled
- was pendent
- waved
- wheeled
- whirled
- wiggled
- wobbled
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