finally halt
Frequency: 5.80.3 per million words
to stop after a long period of activity or delay
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- After years of decline, the city's population loss has finally halted.
- The endless stream of complaints will finally halt once the new policy is implemented.
- With the peace treaty signed, the long and brutal conflict finally halted.
- The production line, which had been running non-stop for weeks, finally halted for maintenance.
- We were relieved when the car's alarming slide on the ice finally halted.
- It took a court order to make the company's illegal dumping finally halt.
- The spread of the invasive species seems to have finally halted at the riverbank.
- His relentless pursuit of perfection finally halted when he realized it was unattainable.
- Investors are optimistic that the fall in share prices will finally halt this quarter.
- The machine's loud humming, which had been driving everyone crazy, finally halted.