stopped (by or in)

Definition of stopped (by or in)next
past tense of stop (by or in)
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Verb
  • Espada and a team trainer visited the mound during the inning’s second at-bat.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
  • The first two were a Dutch husband and wife who had visited sites on a birdwatching trip in Argentina where a species of rat known to carry the Andes strain was present.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The criminal case against the father was dropped in October 2022, but Stimson said the damage was done.
    Brian Maass, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Be careful to check if USPS staff is stamping mail after hours, otherwise, any postage dropped in the evening will be stamped April 16.
    Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Milner stepped in, helping complete paperwork, coordinating care and involving family members.
    Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
  • Savannah Guthrie has been in the seat since 2012 and reported alongside Hoda Kotb for seven years before Craig Melvin stepped in following Kotb’s departure in 2025.
    Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Monroe County Sheriff's K-9 team searched the area, and deputies found items that were possibly dropped by the suspects.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • In the garden of the Kensington boarding house, just half a mile from the V&A, there is an unexploded bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe in 1941.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 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
  • Burns asked if Becerra bore responsibility for losing contact with tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who came over the southern border and were placed with often unrelated adult sponsors across the United States by HHS during the Biden administration.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2026
  • Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham came over and rested his hand on Dominguez until the medical staff came out.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has called it discriminatory and counterproductive.
    James R Mason, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • His post caught the attention of a producer working for a podcast called The Last Invention, which was documenting debates about artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical form of AI that could surpass human intelligence.
    Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 11 May 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 15 May. 2026.

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