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[suh-spend] / səˈspɛnd /




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Metrolink announced it will temporarily suspend service in Southern Orange County, where the train runs along the coastline, during the last week of October as forecasts call for high tides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

State-owned Codelco was, for example, forced to suspend expansion of the El Teniente mine -- Chile's largest -- after studies flagged up seismic risks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Jaws” is a fantastic film if you can suspend your disbelief about a great white being the menace of the seas.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, it declined to suspend Kumar at this stage, saying it would first hear the Election Commission's response and examine relevant records.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

He told Bill Volt that he was to suspend all unnecessary activity in the monkey rooms.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The data-center buildout trouble continues this week as Texas suspends its automated electronic filing system.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The order suspends the new penalties but leaves existing sanctions against Russia in place.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The government will instead introduce a new law in the coming weeks that suspends that expansion indefinitely, Fraser said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“The invocation of national security is not a magic incantation that suspends the rule of law,” they added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

One of these humming-birds suspends its baglike nest, ingeniously woven of raw cotton, by a string of the same material, to reeds, or cotton-plants.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris

PARIS—The Louvre shut its doors for the weekend and the Grand Palais suspended Art Basel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The document, which The Times obtained through a public records request, said future federal funding for the state’s coastal management program has been suspended “unless and until the identified deficiencies are satisfactorily addressed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Olympic and World Championships marathon gold medallist Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after an out-of-competition sample tested positive for EPO.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Peyman Sanandaji, head of the transportation commission of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, told the Mehr news agency, that Iranian exports to Pakistan have been suspended because of banking sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Pretending to be him, I took my vesta case from my pocket, clunky and unfashionable compared to the slim brass one Yakov had worn suspended from his watch chain.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, he said he "didn't like what I heard in the documentary" but argued that the party had acted quickly, removing or suspending those in the undercover film.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Taylor Farms, the produce giant linked to last summer’s deadly cyclospora outbreak, is suspending sales of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico during the parasite’s peak season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It is also suspending Microsoft, Adobe and six other tech companies from how they sponsor employees who are in the country under a highly skilled worker visa program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I am suspending their use in the high school student protests until the facts of the incident have been clarified," said Nunez.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

I eased down beside her, suspending my breath at the water’s sting.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd


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