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as in to cork
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Recent Examples of stopper
Tony East, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Pro tip: when opening it for the first time, use tweezers to remove the small plastic stopper before dispensing.
—Martine Thompson, Essence, 5 June 2025
SI.com, 13 May 2018
Facebook Advertising Works On April 3, game wardens received an Operation Game Thief crime stoppers call alleging an individual was trying to sell an alligator on Facebook.
—Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2018
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Noun
Their rim protection is elite and backed by a line of terrific perimeter stoppers.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Pro tip: when opening it for the first time, use tweezers to remove the small plastic stopper before dispensing.
—Martine Thompson, Essence, 5 June 2025
Verb
Alexandre Lacazette and substitute Danny Welbeck both had one-on-one chances to score but both were thwarted by Terriers stopper Jonas Lossl.
—SI.com, 13 May 2018
Facebook Advertising Works On April 3, game wardens received an Operation Game Thief crime stoppers call alleging an individual was trying to sell an alligator on Facebook.
—Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopper
Noun
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Once closed, a waterproof seal keeps those bits from wetting and rusting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2025
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These are people who are cutting through the water with a silhouette that resembles a seal, wearing black neoprene, which is modeled after seal blubber.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
Verb
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Public opposition to the fee helped cork the proposal.—
Sarah Scoles,
JSTOR Daily,
11 June 2025
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The brash freshman who spent much of the season bragging to teammates about his power corked a bat to crush balls even farther.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
20 Aug. 2024
Verb
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The software is plugged into the brand’s website to observe, in real time, which specific pages are being crawled the most.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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If that doesn’t work, surgery to plug a certain part of your inner ear may also be an option.—
Rachel Nall,
SELF,
17 June 2025
Noun
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They are made in the U.S. with high-quality materials including cotton bouclé, genuine cowhide leather, velvet, an organic kapok filling and healing crystals.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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For the nut filling, mix sugar, water and lemon juice in a pan.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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.—
Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Nov. 2024
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And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2023
Verb
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The players had been locked in a physical altercation for over a dozen yards, leading to Baker-Whiting falling shoulder-first into the Argentine winger.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson is raising eyebrows after locking lips with a costar.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Senate Republicans are latching onto the political theater narrative.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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One of the most bizarre and funniest responses to the breakup, and one which was latched onto by every late night TV host, came from Kanye West.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Israel could then effectively bar Iran from recovery work at the sites.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Custodians must segregate customer assets and are legally barred from treating them as proprietary.—
Chris Groshong,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopper. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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