attempt to halt
Frequency: 6.30.6 per million words
to make an effort to stop something
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Examples (10)
- The government will attempt to halt the spread of misinformation.
- The central bank attempted to halt the rapid rise in inflation.
- Scientists are constantly attempting to halt the progression of the disease.
- Activists chained themselves to trees in an attempt to halt the logging operation.
- The lawyers filed an injunction to attempt to halt the demolition of the historic building.
- He desperately attempted to halt the flow of water from the broken pipe.
- The new legislation attempts to halt the decline of local industries.
- Despite their efforts, they failed in their attempt to halt the company's collapse.
- The international community must attempt to halt the escalating conflict.
- By deploying the software patch, we attempt to halt any further data breaches.