as in stops
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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For this reason, Yuen added, humidifiers can be particularly helpful for people who have a cold, asthma, or obstructive sleep apnea, which is when breathing starts and stops during sleep due to airway obstruction.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
23 Feb. 2026 -
Additional stops to the itinerary are dropped and added at will.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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At that point the lines painted on the asphalt turn from cages into features of the landscape among many others, and the mysterious flying object ceases to be easily recognizable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Once the prisoner ceases his danse macabre, the crowd goes wild.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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For others, such as Roman Catholicism, Lent ends at sundown on Maundy, or Holy Thursday.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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Antibus said that when snowfall ends, the leftover snowpack is what causes dangerous conditions for avalanches in the backcountry.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The measure halts new admissions in rooms that already have two people; those already living in a room with three or four beds will not be forced to move.—
Jenna Carlesso,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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Stanton demonstrates his battery by shorting the coils, which halts the pendulum due to the magnetic field’s braking effect.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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One of the legends of Texas high school football isn’t ready to call it quits and is eager to continue a historic coaching career that has spanned 36 years and included two state titles.—
Greg Riddle,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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One of the change makers, Lü Pin, quits her job to become a freelance internet writer for women’s issues and ends up becoming a renowned feminist activist.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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This is the atheism of Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger and their existentialist descendants, which begins in precisely the place where scientific materialism leaves off, with the will of the subjective, conscious agent.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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This twist on a French manicure leaves off only the lunula of the nail to the imagination.—
Odeya Pinkus,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Desists (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desists%20%28from%29. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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