Stop

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Pushing out into the street from both sides of a busy intersection at Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway, people shouted in English, "Stop U.S. aid to Israel!" and in Arabic, "With our determination and our blood, Gaza, we defend you!"

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  • You will find her in Hulk Hole, and--Stop a minute." —  A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
  • With one hand she was tightly grasping the edge of the little basket-carriage Stop, there is father," she exclaimed suddenly. —  A Young Mutineer
  • "Stop--sit down and hear me for just five minutes--I will not tax your patience longer The robber, with a loud laugh, sank again into his chair, saying Very well, talk on for just five minutes, and not a single second longer; but if you think in that time to persuade me to leave this room to-night without you, you are widely out of your reckoning, my duck, that's all Donald, do not sink your soul to perdition by a crime that heaven cannot pardon! —  Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'
  • You were getting too close for comfort so I distracted you by giving you a headache Stop--let me get my breath!" —  The Short Life
  • He heard Flora cry "Stop--stop," and the squawk of a Claxon horn. —  Men of Affairs
 

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