The Nets toyed with the Orlando Magic like that, rolling to a 97-77 victory that put an abrupt end to their two-game losing streak.
The Knicks didn't want to worry about any future decisions after Saturday's abrupt end to their season, choosing instead to focus on the achievements that had been absent for so long in New York.
Then, in an abrupt shift to criminal-justice issues, you quote approvingly from a forthcoming article in the Atlantic Monthly.
In sum, Netflix strike one in July was shocking customers with a 60% price increase and investors with an abrupt end to subscriber growth momentum.
Future abrupt changes to the website often didn't go over well.
Taylor's response in the letter was abrupt, to say the least.
Paul Hart's side suffered a bad blow after only two minutes when skipper Des Walker limped off, bringing an abrupt end to his recall after a thigh injury.
When an unseasonable April thunderstorm brought an abrupt end to emu-tracking, we took refuge in the fishing village of Cervantes at a tough-looking pub called the Ronsard Bay Tavern, whose menu offered, in addition to burgers and meat pies, steamed rock lobster and rock lobster pie.
That is no argument for human carelessness, environmentalists insist: species can adapt to almost anything over millions of years, but man's activities, such as scraping the ocean floor with nets, cause unbearably abrupt changes to ecosystems which are as delicate, complex and fragile as any Brazilian forest.
This makes it very hard to make an abrupt switch from thinking like an employee to thinking like an owner.
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It all came to an abrupt halt in May 2009, when Douglas was aboard Born to Be during the Arlington Matron Handicap.
In fact, Patch editors have gotten quite used to abrupt about-faces and mixed messages in the last few months.
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The collapse of early Bronze Age civilizations in modern-day Greece, India and Greece have been theoretically linked to abrupt climate changes about 4, 200 years ago.
Since the launch of the euro, moreover, Italy's debt managers have managed to extend the average term of its borrowing to almost seven years, locking in then-prevailing interest rates and ensuring that less of the outstanding debt is subject to abrupt rate increases.
Mr. Schettino dropped anchors on one side of the ship, forcing the massive vessel to make an abrupt 180-degree turn that brought it to rest on a shoal.
In January of this year, the line was brought to an abrupt and ignominious end when this 13-year-old female was crushed to death by a falling tree.
The project nearly came to an abrupt end 10 years later, when the lot's Boston-based owner announced his desire to sell.
While Pandit told a number of outlets that the decision to step down was his, the abrupt nature of his resignation led to speculation that dissatisfaction with his compensation, or board gripes with his handling of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture, was at the heart of the matter.
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But all of that came to an abrupt end with the Japanese invasion in 1937.
After about four miles, the path comes to an abrupt end at the Museum of Science.
The declining cost of investing in mutual funds through 401k plans came to an abrupt halt.
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And her "Melrose" career came to an abrupt halt when Spelling Entertainment fired her.
But the trend will likely come to an abrupt halt in the next few weeks.
The velocity of money is falling at the same time money growth has come to an abrupt stop.
All that praise came to an abrupt end when it was revealed that Thompson lied on his resume.
In fact, in a session with reporters in Guatemala, Mr. Bush tried to bring things to an abrupt close.
Otherwise, we will be fiddling as the Anthropocene comes to an abrupt end rather than moving toward the Sustainocene.
Around age 50, while the rest of our faculties continue functioning beautifully, the ability to reproduce comes to an abrupt stop.
However England have lost the opening three one-day fixtures and need an abrupt change of form to make the seven-match series competitive.
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