as in stopped
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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The celebration, held Saturday at Safford's home, featured a drive-by parade and well-wishers who stopped to honor the centenarian whose life has spanned a century of American history.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Goalie Daniil Tarasov stopped 19 of 25 shots.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The airline ceased operations after filing for bankruptcy in 2014.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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When the Van Allen Probes ceased operations in 2019, NASA initially predicted the satellites would re-enter Earth's atmosphere in 2034.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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These signals intensified recently when Kast abruptly ended the transition process after a clash with outgoing Boric over a project to install a submarine cable to connect Chile and China.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Voting for the Oscars ended March 5, possibly giving members of the academy just enough time to reconsider the slate of nominees.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Connor Hellebuyck had 30 saves for the Jets, who saw their three-game win streak and six-game point streak halted.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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To balance the budget last year, Newsom and the Legislature halted Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants beginning in January, and imposed a $30 premium on those already enrolled, beginning in July 2027.—
Andrew Graham
March 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Danish culinary star has quit Noma after abuse allegations from former employees.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
14 Mar. 2026
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Ternier also quit her nursing job to canvas fulltime for Bien-Aime during his mayoral run, according to the profile, which also notes that two of his children have political aspirations.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Justin Slaten is in no danger of being left off the Opening Day roster and still projects as one of the club’s top high-leverage bullpen arms.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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The 17e, which at $599 is now the least-expensive model in the iPhone 17 series, picks up where the 16e left off.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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Designating the company a supply chain risk cuts off Anthropic's defense work using an authority that was designed to prevent foreign adversaries from harming national security systems.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Others coordinated to use their consecutive time slots to read off of the same script, starting where the person before them hand been cut off.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Mar. 2026
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Downtown was shut off to everyone but emergency personnel.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Kuwait, Iraq, and the UAE are shutting off wells as storage tanks overflow.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Desisted (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desisted%20%28from%29. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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