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Recent Examples of stopper
Sam Allard, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Which is where Brown, one of the Rams’ primary run stoppers, comes in.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2018
The reviews from the keepers were far from glowing, with Napoli's Reina and Manchester United's De Gea teaming up with Die Mannschaft and Barcelona stopper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to criticize the new Adidas product.
—SI.com, 24 Mar. 2018
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Noun
The quiet, do-it-all defensive stopper suffered a bone bruise that will likely keep him out until after the All-Star break next month.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Which is where Brown, one of the Rams’ primary run stoppers, comes in.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Facebook Advertising Works On April 3, game wardens received an Operation Game Thief crime stoppers call alleging an individual was trying to sell an alligator on Facebook.
—Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2018
The reviews from the keepers were far from glowing, with Napoli's Reina and Manchester United's De Gea teaming up with Die Mannschaft and Barcelona stopper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to criticize the new Adidas product.
—SI.com, 24 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopper
Noun
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The gray seal, later coined with the name Chappy, entered the Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Clinic on Feb. 16 after being found stranded on the streets of New Haven, according to a Facebook post by the aquarium.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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The seal, which was believed to be about 5 to 6 weeks old, was more than 1,000 feet from the nearest river.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The brash freshman who spent much of the season bragging to teammates about his power corked a bat to crush balls even farther.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
20 Aug. 2024
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Pair with a bottle of wine or corked beverage of choice for an even more elevated gift.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
9 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Free agency should be a means to plug a hole here or there.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Myriam and Roger do their best to keep the business going, handing out flyers, collecting payments and setting up TV news interviews to plug Anika’s talents.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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Garcia makes the thin flour tortillas of his home region to cradle classic and inspired fillings.—
Edmund Tijerina,
Bon Appétit,
27 Feb. 2025
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Jimmy John's : The chain's Valentine's Day treat is a Red Velvet Cookie Sandwich, with cream cheese frosting filling and red, pink and white sprinkles.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.—
Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Nov. 2024
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And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2023
Verb
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While each level is largely locked into one genre (science fiction or fantasy), it’s not necessarily forced narrowly into one style of gameplay.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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The vehicles may have a second-row seat side door locking module that may not function properly and could allow the doors to be unlocked with a single motion, according to the NHTSA.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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For that reason, fans also have latched onto a theory that Kendrick signaled her support for Baldoni, her co-star’s nemesis, while praising the work of movie directors before presenting an award at the British Academy Film Awards last week.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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There was a lot of evidence of what Dorit did wrong for Sutton to latch onto.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks How Patina Miller, of Starz’s ‘Power’ Series, Spends Her Sundays More than two dozen states already bar transgender athletes from participating in school sports, whether in K-12 schools or at the collegiate level.—
Annie Karni,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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Terence Powderly, the Grand Master Workman of the Knights, barred Chinese laborers from the organization.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopper. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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