The museum's newest exhibit featured a row of stem-winders, each with delicate gears visible through glass.

After the volunteers organized sandbag barriers, they stemmed the tide of flooding that threatened the low-lying village.

The new policy stems the tide of misinformation on the platform.

After the blast, the Mach stem propagated across the debris field, causing sudden spikes in overpressure measurements.

Mach stems form when two shock waves interact at high velocities.

The astrologer explained how each celestial stem influences a person's destiny in the traditional zodiac system.

Scholars studied the celestial stems to understand the traditional calendar.

Scholars study the heavenly stems to understand traditional East Asian calendrical cycles.

Damage to the brain stem can disrupt breathing and heart rate because it connects the spinal cord to the forebrain.

In Sanskrit grammar, consonant stems often take a different set of endings than vowel stems.