bring a halt to

idiom

: to cause to end : stop
The contract brought a halt to the strike.

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Does Nielsen have the power to bring a halt to the forces that keep shrinking the audience for cable TV? Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 Either way, Campbell and Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard will put together their best game plan possible to stop the dominant play and bring a halt to the Eagles' three-game winning streak. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2025 Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S. hopes will bring a halt to war in Gaza and release of hostages despite contentious issues like disarmament of the Palestinian militant group under Donald Trump's plan. USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025 The ceasefire, negotiated in the final days of the Biden administration, is intended to bring a halt to the war in Gaza. Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 That may bring a halt to the Boston Girl’s letter-writing campaign against the almighty adverb. John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2025 And while all this is being sorted out, the political space to make this theoretical deal a reality and bring a halt to a nearly 250-day war that has killed tens of thousands of people is only narrowing. Joshua Keating, Vox, 12 June 2024 During the Thursday meetings, Mr. Finer articulated the American government’s efforts to bring a halt to the war in Gaza. Erica L. Green, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024 Trantalis argues that a tunnel would be less intrusive than a bridge and less likely to bring a halt to downtown’s ongoing development boom. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024

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“Bring a halt to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20a%20halt%20to. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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