stopped (by or in)

past tense of stop (by or in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopped (by or in)
Verb
  • Less than two weeks later, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar visited Baku, meeting with the Azerbaijani president and other top officials.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Kate also visited an art session with patients and toured the center's wellbeing garden, which provides a space for reflection and relaxation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Those idea were dropped in the face of public pushback, and the council applied several million dollars from reserves.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • Well, once the puck dropped in Game 1, the broadcasts hadn't even gotten through the starting lineups before Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers put the home team up by one on the very first shot of the series.
    Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • That’s when Eddie Ritchie stepped in and delivered.
    Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Chris Woodward moved from first to third base and Pedro Montero stepped in to coach first base on Tuesday.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • At the elementary level, the largest decreases came in the time devoted to social studies, which within a few years dropped by a third, or 76 minutes each week.
    Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
  • In the areas of Detroit where ShotSpotter was implemented in 2021, calls to 911 to report gunshots initially dropped by 47%.
    Divya Ramjee, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • The two sides ran in slates aligned against one another.
    Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2026
  • Ken’s parents also influenced how rinks were ran in the area, the two said.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Even comedian Dave Chappelle came over to check on the former politician.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
  • This is a group that came over, as Cory said, from the German-Swiss area in the early 1700s [and] settled in Lancaster.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • The Spurs are known for their physicality, but many believed that Wemby should’ve been called for fouls in these cases.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
  • Which is how Tony Alford woke up in early March to discover that Dobbins had called his cell at 3 in the morning, Ann Arbor time.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
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“Stopped (by or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopped%20%28by%20or%20in%29. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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