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as in to cork
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Recent Examples of stopper
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Your garden will be a show-stopper all season thanks to these long-blooming flowers.
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Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
30 May 2026
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
18 June 2024
Like O’Rourke, this debate will be one of his best chances to stopper any more losses.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 July 2019
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Noun
This is not even like those other teams that had to try to figure out how to contend with the Heat’s Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh (or as how for a decade East teams had to try to solve LeBron with some type of LeBron-stopper).
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Your garden will be a show-stopper all season thanks to these long-blooming flowers.
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Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
30 May 2026
Verb
Technical fabrications are still making an appearance with a lot of wind stopper luxe nylons but in shapes and silhouettes that feel more part of a rtw collection than a purely function purchase.
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Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
18 June 2024
Like O’Rourke, this debate will be one of his best chances to stopper any more losses.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 July 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopper
Noun
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The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.
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The placement of the colonial seal spoke volumes on where the editor stood regarding the question of independence.
Verb
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Carlin Karr, director of wine and beverage at Stuckey’s restaurants — including Michelin-starred and James Beard Award-winning Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder — believes roughly 1 in 10 wine bottles are off in taste, or corked.
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Public opposition to the fee helped cork the proposal.
Verb
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His focus on the GOP voter ID bill is preventing Congress from reviving a key surveillance law, plugging up the House floor, and even keeping him from signing a bipartisan housing bill.
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Instead the most advanced lab in the field is plugging into someone else's system of record, because that is where the proprietary context lives.
Noun
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Cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar recreate the cheesecake filling, while sliced strawberries and graham cracker crumbs complete the flavor.
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This maximizes the efficiency and potency of the ingredient’s plumping, hydrating, wrinkle-filling, fine-line smoothing benefits.
Verb
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Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.
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And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
Verb
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The outer fabric is slash-proof, and all of the zippers lock together or tuck away to prevent quick hands from getting to your valuables.
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But the move enabled Florida to lock in what will be one of the best top-six forward groups in the league, slotting Brady Tkachuck into the left wing spot on the second line alongside center Sam Bennett and right wing Matthew Tkachuk that will cause opponents major headaches.
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But the favorite fabrication the AI poisoners on Reddit have latched onto is that JD Vance has died of rabies.
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Pet owners hunting for a gentler alternative to surgery have latched onto the fungus as a possible answer.
Verb
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The trial court dismissed the petition as time-barred on May 1, 2025, concluding it was filed one day past the 365-day jurisdictional deadline.
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Last month, a federal judge issued a ruling largely barring ICE from making such arrests at immigration courthouses in New York City.
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“Stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopper. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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