as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission
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Venezuela - once Cuba's top supplier - effectively stopped sending shipments in mid-December.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026 -
The government also stopped collecting and reporting crucial survey findings on transgender students — data that have shown higher rates of depression, drug use, bullying and other problems.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Paramount Skydance has also sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, making similar accusations, Variety reported over the weekend.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Oil imports from Venezuela have ceased since Washington toppled its leader last month, cutting Cuba’s main source of energy.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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As soon as our interview ended, the seven idols disappeared to change outfits for an evening rehearsal, and returned minutes later, slurping down steaming cups of ramyeon.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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His night ended amid a storm of laughing students and obscene gestures.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Bills halted in committee included efforts to impose statewide moratoriums on data center development, limit noise levels, establish minimum distances between data centers and residential properties, and regulate data center water and electricity use.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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Redford Union is the second Southeast Michigan school confirmed to have halted student picture sessions through Lifetouch, a national photography company.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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But that third period, the girls never quit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Del Valle recently attended a choreographers conference in Europe and was surprised to learn that many of them had quit dancing.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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But what Flanagan’s campaign promotions about her board experience omit are the votes to slash budgets, lay off teachers, and close entire schools as the district struggled with declining enrollments, as well as costly scandals and a new headquarters that ballooned in cost to more than $40 million.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Jan. 2026
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They are forced to take out high-interest loans, drain reserves, lay off staff or cut services, all while continuing to perform work they are contracted to deliver.—
Kristin Brown,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Washington has upped pressure in a bid to replace Havana’s communist regime, cutting off oil shipments and, by extension, the economy.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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First responders cut off her camo shorts to care for her that day, and a photo of the shorts was shown in court.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Desist (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desist%20%28from%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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