The contractor installed several water stops along the concrete joint to prevent leakage.

On rural bus routes, request stops help reduce travel time by only stopping when passengers signal.

The activist stopped at nothing to expose the corruption.

Determined to finish the project on time, she was stopping at nothing to secure the necessary resources.

She stops at nothing to expose the corruption within the company.

The glottal-stopped syllable gave the phrase a sudden, clipped rhythm that caught the linguists' attention.

When he walked into the room with a face that would stop a clock, everyone fell silent.

The coroner called it a short drop and a sudden stop, the grim phrase for a fall to one's death by hanging.

When he walked across the yard, he couldn't stop a pig in a passage, and the children giggled at his lopsided stride.

During the last descent the roller coaster gave riders a quick drop and a sudden stop that left everyone breathless.