as in stopped
to come to an end
she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day
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In the months before the shooting, Mangione’s once active online presence stopped, and his mother filed a missing persons’ report.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026 -
Through near misses, heartbreak and a hope that every year could be our year, this city never stopped believing in the Knicks.—
Robert Blankenship,
The Washington Examiner,
14 June 2026
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Zach Neto was hit by a pitch and Mike Trout ended an 0-for-22 slump with a single to load the bases.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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If the season ended Tuesday, Chicago would have the second AL wild-card spot.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The entire Pittsburgh area was under a severe thunderstorm watch that has since expired.—
Trey Fulbright,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The restraining order expired in 2022.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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This year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which concluded this past weekend, had one of the most fashion-minded programming in its 25-year history.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
15 June 2026
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As of May, the White House claims to have concluded 27 new critical minerals deals in the past 12 months.—
Jared Cohen,
Time,
15 June 2026
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But habitat became inconsequential when the animals ceased to exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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However, amid the worsening violence and frequent attacks at the ports, a number of shipping lines have ceased calling directly on Port-au-Prince and instead route cargo through regional hubs such as Jamaica before transferring to smaller feeder vessels.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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One of the largest online stores used by Cuban exiles to send goods to relatives on the island has halted operations, reducing options for families who rely on digital services amid Cuba’s deepening economic crisis.—
Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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Isar called off a launch attempt on January 21 due to an issue with a pressurization valve, and then halted a countdown on March 25, moments before liftoff, when engineers detected rising temperatures in the rocket’s liquid propane fuel.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
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The nine hosts left off the ballot were more surprising.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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El Tri has few players in top-tier leagues and lacks game-changers on the wings, as Diego Lainez, Uriel Antuna and Hirving Lozano were left off the final roster.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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The former couple broke off their seven-year engagement in November 2020.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
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Google’s solar eternal program was terminated shortly after a wing section broke off its Solara 50 aircraft in flight in 2015.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
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“Winked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winked%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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