come to rest
idiom
: to stop moving
The ball came to rest against the curb.
As she scanned the room her eyes came to rest on a tall man.
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Then, just after 6 p.m. Friday, a woman was found shot to death inside a vehicle that had struck a fence and then come to rest at the corner of Center Street and Fourth Avenue South in the Titusville community.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 9 July 2022
Police found Grant about four hours later inside a 1993 Cadillac DeVille that had crashed and come to rest on its roof in the 4600 block of North 76th Street.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
Then, with his first shot of the tournament, Woods had the misfortune of solidly striking an iron off the tee only to watch his ball come to rest in a divot.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 14 July 2022
Sadly, once consumed, many of these empty nip bottles come to rest along Massachusetts roadsides and other public spaces.
—John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 9 July 2022
Police found Grant about four hours later inside a 1993 Cadillac DeVille that had crashed and come to rest on its roof in the 4600 block of North 76th Street.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
Then, with his first shot of the tournament, Woods had the misfortune of solidly striking an iron off the tee only to watch his ball come to rest in a divot.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 14 July 2022
Sadly, once consumed, many of these empty nip bottles come to rest along Massachusetts roadsides and other public spaces.
—John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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“Come to rest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20to%20rest. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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