Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppered
Verb
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When the oil begins to dry up, wells are supposed to be plugged to prevent toxic, climate-altering chemicals from escaping.—
September 7,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Since the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2022, the technology has mostly been plugged into parts of the production pipeline as far as its deployment in Hollywood.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Stay in your vehicle with your seatbelt fastened and wait for the storm to pass.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Seatbelts should remain fastened whenever possible, even in calm skies.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Damiana Humphrey was waist-deep in the water with her siblings when a shark latched onto her hand.—
Angelina Liu,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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However, the press tour for it did have one particular tidbit people latched onto.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Thomas said her two dogs are sometimes allowed to walk around the yard but are otherwise chained in the back.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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In one of the most brutal sequences, Jaén is captured, chained, interrogated, and finally killed by being crushed under a car.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Stoppered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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