stoppered

past tense of stopper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppered
Verb
  • The administration of antibiotics would trigger a second pathogen that had been occluded inside the first.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • Instead, the missing silver may have been right there, in the sun all along, simply occluded from astronomers' view by tricks of physics.
    Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The worker told investigators that a drain valve had been plugged since last year and never closed completely.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Also mentioned around the time of the Remix reveal was an imminent update to the standalone base Polymega unit, which doesn’t need a PC t0 run and can be plugged directly into a TV or monitor via HDMI.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In addition to the thong sandal straps on the vamp, the shoes also feature a slim slingback strap that wraps around the heel and is fastened by a small tonal buckle.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Koko is watching for cops and keeping an eye on the numbers flashing on a small, homemade device fastened to his windshield.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • So, both populations of ribosomes latched onto the messenger RNA but used different populations of transfer RNAs to make a protein using the messenger.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In the absence of stronger signals, the model had latched onto it.
    Lauren Livak Gilbert, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Speaking to Morgan during an interview released on YouTube on Tuesday, British national Yiannopoulos, 41, recounted how his hands and feet were chained together with manacles.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, chained up in the back of a van, an uncharacteristic fatalism has overtaken Reacher.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
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“Stoppered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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