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 -
Once the match started, the tours of the property stopped and all attention turned to the soccer game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
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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In 2024, Argentine prosecutors concluded there were grounds for launching a criminal investigation into its top South American officials on charges of human trafficking and labor exploitation against 44 women.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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But Sorokin, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, concluded that the fee was not a penalty but a tax that the Republican president lacked any authorization from Congress to issue.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
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Bolt Threads ceased production of its Mylo leather alternative in 2023, after failing to secure enough funding to reach commercial scale.—
Bella Webb,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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But when the exhilaration of change had ceased, London was no good.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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For the first time, that practice has been halted in 2026.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Shipping traffic in the vital Strait of Hormuz has effectively halted since the United States and Israel jointly attacked Iran on February 28, 2026.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The practice was taught and shared openly by prosecutors in the office, the lawsuit claimed, citing one example of a deputy district attorney advocating for Jewish people to be left off juries during a 1992 conference in San Diego.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Similarly, Enzo Fernandez has also been left off the ‘definitely not for sale list’, albeit Chelsea are not desperate to cash in either.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Courtesy of Rizzotti Advisors The Egadi Islands, off the western coast of Sicily, feel almost untouched, as if the Mediterranean broke off a few fragments and left them in place.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The movie is clearly aimed at a certain audience who watched Saturday morning cartoons back in the day and, if their He-Man figure’s arm broke off, would use Faker as their resident Eternian hero.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 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 15 Jun. 2026.
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