The First Barbary War stopped piracy against American ships for a time.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

One day,he stopped working, then he was home all the time.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

"When (Since) you called me last time, we knew that our daughter stopped her hunger strike.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

BP stopped the oil from billowing into the Gulf on Thursday, for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

But the torrential rains have not stopped. They are expected to continue for several more weeks, enough time to add to the already extensive damage that has occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Isn't it time we stopped working for the government and the government started working for us?" Democrats in Congress pushed a modified version of the president's spending plan through the House and Senate last week, despite strong Republican opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

"The bus went into the middle of the desert and at a certain moment the call to prayer came just lilting through the desert - first time I've ever heard it - and then the bus stopped and all of those colorful people got off the bus."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21