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• The driver pulled in front of them, slammed on the brakes and forced them to a stop in the fast lane.
  — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
• Answer the question, then: How else will it be put to a stop?
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• After the plane slowed to a stop in Doha, three of the prisoners walked down the stairs.
  — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
• Cars slowed to a stop as people got out to pay their respects.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• The Cadillac continued to spin down the highway to a stop in the inside lane.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
• The disaster will be the day a heat wave joins forces with a blackout, and the ACs in millions of homes spin to a stop.
  — Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, the pickup truck rolled across the freeway to the right shoulder and appeared to come to a stop.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2023
• When it's done, the driver must brake to a stop within 15 seconds.
  — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
• For an hour each day, air conditioners and fans whir to a stop.
  — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• About a minute and a half into the video, the plane's propeller slows to a stop, and Jacob starts cursing.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
• The 32-year-old turned onto West Congress Street, slowed to a stop and reversed her car to get a better look.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
• After bringing the bus to a stop, Dillon told the other students to call 911.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The backhoe shuddered to a stop, and two workers from the funeral home jumped into the grave with shovels to dig out the rest of the earth by hand.
  — Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• But the elevator came to a stop after moving up just a few feet.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• Photos from the time also show how one motorist was able to skip his car to a stop just inches away from where the bridge fell into the water.
  — Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• The service brought life nearly to a stop in Nyssa, an agricultural town of about 3,100.
  — Les Zaitz, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Thirteen Republicans joined Democrats to effectively bring the House floor to a stop, with votes canceled for the rest of the day.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
• The braking system does an excellent job of bringing that power to a stop.
  — Roberto Baldwin, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023
• Eventually, Abby was able to bring the vehicle to a stop.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• His hearse crashed through the barrier, teetering over the side of Interstate 70, and a fatal drop, but came to a stop, front wheels suspended over the canyon.
  — CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Sure enough, the transmission expired on the interstate and the two men and the illicit cargo glided to a stop on the shoulder just outside Twin Falls.
  — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Inside the quiet enclave, the motorcade rolls to a stop in front of the home of one of the country’s most famous political couples.
  — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• Fearing for the safety of other drivers, deputies were able to shoot out the tires of the 18-wheeler, bringing it to a stop on the interstate near the Michigan Avenue exit.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 10 Mar. 2023
• Typically, overdose deaths occur when opioids bind to the part of the brain that controls breathing, slowing it to a stop.
  — Veronica Roseborough, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
• Unlike in those two instances where one of the planes needed to abort, in the Honolulu incident, the Cessna came to a stop before reaching the spot where the United 777 had crossed.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
• One critic approvingly likened their sound at its most cacophonous to a New York subway train screeching to a stop at a station.
  — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
• Helping haul these exotic beasts to a stop is a newly available brake package designed for the racetrack.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023
• The officer activated his emergency lights and the vehicle pulled to a stop on the right shoulder near the 3.8 mile marker.
  — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
• By the 1950s, synthetic fiber brooms were becoming popular, and production of broomcorn in the U.S. slowed nearly to a stop.
  — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Band members and streetcar riders alike laughed as instruments were jostled by bumps in the tracks and the occasional out of tune note sounded as the streetcar ground to a stop.
  — Hg Biggs, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024