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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopping (by)
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Randle is a productive and skilled player who embraced being in Minnesota after coming over in the trade from New York.
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Here's everything coming over the next seven days.
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In February, the party’s governing body blocked Burnham from running in another by-election.
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Maasdam and Brink are running in.
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While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature.
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And then, her par putt on 18 – measured at 2 feet, 10 inches – spun tantalizingly around the rim of the cup before dropping in and ending the suspense.
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The first boardwalk in the United States opened there in 1870, luring tourists coming by train from Philadelphia and New York.
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Traders place 64% odds on the next interest rate hike coming by July 2027.
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South Korea, too, is stepping in to fill the gap in Western inventories.
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With David ultimately stepping in as director, his family saw it through.
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The group also found that diagnoses of gambling disorders fell in the 11 states that did not legalize sports betting, with cases dropping by about 30% from 2018 to March 2026.
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Although it’s credited to the core duo of Shabason and Krgovich, Four Days in June leans on a community of treasured collaborators; some are longtime members of the duo’s Toronto cohort and others outsiders dropping by.
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“Stopping (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopping%20%28by%29. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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