How to Use bring/put a stop to in a Sentence

bring/put a stop to

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  • To put a stop to the lies, the families filed defamation suits.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Or, most to the point, put a stop to the Chiefs’ two-decade plus postseason drought.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This looks like speaking up and engaging school staff to put a stop to the problem.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 28 July 2025
  • The economy is strong, even though Trump is working hard to put a stop to that.
    Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Now Skinner is calling on her onetime teammate to put a stop to it all.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Cheli again put a stop to the rally, her 3-pointer stretching the lead back to nine.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Doing so, of course, would not put a stop to all the fighting in eastern Congo.
    Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
  • Opportunities arise, but self-doubt threatens to put a stop to them.
    Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2024
  • Can the townspeople put a stop to the (wildly creative) murders?
    Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Small items tend to get stuffed into drawers and lost over time so put a stop to it by introducing inserts.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Council members did put a stop to some of the reductions proposed by Bass.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • These schools are relocating leagues at alarming rates so maybe Congress can’t put a stop to this?
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 8 Aug. 2023
  • If its members had any guts, Congress would pass laws to put a stop to this EO madness.
    Jessica Melugin, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The fiercest critics of short-term rentals don’t believe the platforms can put a stop to parties or rogue rentals in general.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • In the Wirecard case, the decision to report misconduct to the press put a stop to the fraud.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Allowing these protests at college campuses is not about free speech—and there should be no question as to whether to put a stop to them.
    Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 4 May 2024
  • The court’s broad ruling in AFP should put a stop to such efforts, but there are other threats.
    Naomi Schaefer Riley, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • According to the order, Newman got angry and put a stop to the meeting.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • At no point did De León rebut those remarks, or put a stop to the conversation.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Miller put a stop to it and has instead placed a single bet on Amazon Web Services.
    John Kell, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Yes, Hailey got death threats, and yes, Selena tried to put a stop to it, but did any of that cause stans to back down?
    Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
  • And Florida officials trying to put a stop to the practice aren't alone.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Ultimately, Mark Taylor's side put a stop to that and won three of the next four to retain the urn.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Pass Senator Bob Casey’s bill to put a stop to shrinkflation!
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • After the shark kills multiple people, the town’s police chief, a shark hunter and an oceanographer take to the seas to put a stop to the killing.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Even with her hands tied, Valkyria was able to hit Lynch with a belly-to-belly suplex to put a stop to her attack.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Anglers in Maryland are once again uniting to put a stop to an invasive fish species while also reeling in a few bucks along the way.
    Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
  • Dunn, of Simon Gratz High School, is adamant about helping put a stop to the violence.
    Abby Cruz and Kasim Kabbara, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The Conners is among the shows that had been using the more than 20 soundstages until the strikes put a stop to production.
    Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2023
  • Executives from the two networks urged the Senate to put a stop to the legislation.
    Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 12 June 2025

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