stoppered

past tense of stopper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppered
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
  • For all of his reading has driven Alonso Quixano insane, the implications of which are often skillfully occluded in some of the more romantic misrememberings of the novel.
    Ed Simon September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the shotgun approach keeps SNL plugged into the political conversation in a way that suits a politician with zero chill or focus.
    Erik Adams, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Up front, senior Kahlil Williams and junior Rico Henderson plugged up the middle of the line, while junior Ben Rink and sophomore Lucas Lawson brought athleticism to the defensive end positions that Skyline couldn’t match.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Samson noted that throughout fashion history, only garments for women have been designed with rear closures, with the possible exception amid the utopian Saint-Simonian sect in 19th-century France, when men wore waistcoats that fastened from behind, requiring assistance.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • There, a group of KPMG staffers followed and sometimes interjected their own thoughts on the building, while workers fastened the last screws on light bulbs and organized plants strewn around the office.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, consumers are putting their own spin on the trend by accessorizing their jeans with Labubus latched onto belt loops.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
  • TikTok users quickly latched onto the mashup’s bizarre dichotomy and used the accompanying sound, which now soundtracks over 726,000 creates, to showcase everything from Halloween costumes to seemingly oppositional vibes.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 2014 report, which included vivid descriptions of unresponsive prisoners after waterboarding and others chained from bars in stress positions for long periods of time, shocked many but did not move Cheney.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This entire swap would have been a disaster of massive proportions had those two not remained chained together.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Stoppered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppered. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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