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Recent Examples of stopper
Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
Your lack of aces warns against notrump even if partner has a diamond stopper.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2018
The reviews from the keepers were far from glowing, with Napoli's Reina and Manchester United's De Gea teaming up with Die Mannschaft and Barcelona stopper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to criticize the new Adidas product.
—SI.com, 24 Mar. 2018
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Noun
This set comes with a cordless wine opener, foil cutter, pourer, vacuum wine stoppers, and a wood-style pedestal for display and storage.
—Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
Your lack of aces warns against notrump even if partner has a diamond stopper.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Verb
Facebook Advertising Works On April 3, game wardens received an Operation Game Thief crime stoppers call alleging an individual was trying to sell an alligator on Facebook.
—Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2018
The reviews from the keepers were far from glowing, with Napoli's Reina and Manchester United's De Gea teaming up with Die Mannschaft and Barcelona stopper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to criticize the new Adidas product.
—SI.com, 24 Mar. 2018
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Unwrap the plastic seal and don’t be alarmed that the cheese has developed a skin—it’ll all come out in the radioactive glow of the microwave.Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
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Enrollment seal changes The enrollment seal, which is geared more toward students wanting to go to college after high school, requires students to earn specific amounts of credits toward world language, social studies, math and science.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2024
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The brash freshman who spent much of the season bragging to teammates about his power corked a bat to crush balls even farther.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
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Pair with a bottle of wine or corked beverage of choice for an even more elevated gift.Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
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Portable heat pumps can go into a window much like a window air conditioning unit and plug into the wall for power.Julia Simon, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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Defensive tackle Bill Norton used all 335 of his pounds to move Clemson right guard Walker Parks, plug up the middle and tackle running back Keith Adams Jr. short of the goal line.The Athletic College Football Staff, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Easy Cheesecake Crust Similar to a pie crust, crush up leftover cookies and add butter, but press the mixture into a springform pan instead, and add cheesecake filling.Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
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Optimization for cost and convenience has made the average tortilla more redolent of cardboard than corn, designed not for flavor but to encase delicious fillings.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.WIRED, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
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Advertisement Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) led a last-ditch attempt last week to lock in Democratic control of the board for the next two years, but the effort collapsed when the Senate failed to approve a second term for one of Biden’s nominees.Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The game also offers buildable terrain with hexes that lock together.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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There are a lot of what might be considered Easter-egg moments for Dylan fans to latch onto.Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
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But the sentence also conjures a possibility that is much harder to sit with (and for the internet to latch onto).Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Earlier in the week, a judge in Texas ruled that a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, from enforcing the CTA would stand.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Most of the soldiers and officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were barred from speaking publicly on a subject of such sensitivity.Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopper. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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