U.S. stocks fell as concerns about China's economic growth gave pause to a rally.

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But during the giddy precrash era, that track record gave little pause to Citi or others.

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It gave us pause to smile at each other and move on our busy way.

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The four-day pause in shelling gave way to a new round of attacks.

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He left a pregnant pause that gave enough time for the camera to cover both faces.

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Taking a skills survey for work recently, I came to one question that gave me pause.

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Only one part of the session gave the all-star pause: when Richardson asked him to spin a basketball on his finger long enough to capture on film.

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The move in the legacy report to add to both sides of the ledger gave analysts at Standard Bank pause.

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Concerns that state money would enable BNP Paribas to finance its proposed acquisition of the Belgian bits of Fortis gave commission officials pause when they first reviewed France's bail-out scheme.

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