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Recent Examples of stopper
Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Fox Sports 97-9 – Mike Crispino, Wayne Norman Pregame reading:
Class is in session: How Dan Hurley’s winning ways at UConn are impacting CT’s high school coaches
UConn men’s basketball notes: Hurley envisions Ross as defensive stopper; could Mahaney be next Joey California?
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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
Shakeel Moore, who is earning a reputation as Kansas’ defensive stopper, embraced a message delivered by one of his teammates at halftime of the Jayhawks’ 74-55 victory over Arizona State on Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Fox Sports 97-9 – Mike Crispino, Wayne Norman Pregame reading:
Class is in session: How Dan Hurley’s winning ways at UConn are impacting CT’s high school coaches
UConn men’s basketball notes: Hurley envisions Ross as defensive stopper; could Mahaney be next Joey California?
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopper
Noun
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The image shows the presidential seal on what would be the back page of her booklet, and there is text above the seal rather than below it.—
Andre Byik,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Check the security seal: Look for skimming devices by checking to see if there’s an intact security seal near the card reader.—
Fernanda Galan,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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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Russia could offset this by encouraging immigration, but Central Asian migrants – long used to plug gaps in the workforce – have faced rising xenophobia after recent terror attacks in Russia stoked ethnic tensions.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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If you are forced to use space heaters, only use space heaters that are certified by Underwriters Laboratory (U/L) and never place heaters near flammable materials like curtains or furniture and never plug space heaters into extension cords or power strips.—
Adolfo Carrión Jr.,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Our testers also thought the blanket's fill was relatively thin, but its construction allowed the filling to remain evenly distributed.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Canned beans, for example, might be a low-cost way to make a meal feel a little more filling.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Fail to meet any of these conditions, and Ricky might be locked up again.—
Matthew Creith,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Our nation’s capital was locked down, silent and wary, rightfully fearful of violence from its own citizenry.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Another Lewandowski spot kick reduced the advantage, before Eric Garcia latched onto a Pedri cross to finally equalize through a bullet header.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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At a time where some voters are less trusting of government regulators and the media, people are looking for a hopeful future to latch onto.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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The bill would expand a state law prohibiting price gouging during disasters to more broadly bar the raising of prices on certain products by 10% or more in a 90-day period.—
The Denver Post,
The Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2025
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But as part of the censure, the board barred Morris from taking part in deliberations and votes regarding the Hagekhalil investigation.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopper. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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