bring a halt to

phrase

: 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 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 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 Corpus Christi, Texas City and Freeport are all major shipping hubs for oil, so closures bring a halt to crude exports, as well as shipments to refineries. — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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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 27 Sep. 2026.

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