Then, in December 2010, Kabani abruptly stopped following all 16, 000 people she had subscribed to on Twitter in hopes of eliminating a barrage of spam and other comments.

2010年12月，卡巴尼出人意料地突然取消了对Twitter上全部16,000人的关注，希望能减少垃圾邮件和评论数量。

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In the last year or so, those dizzy fantasies and their sensations had stopped, cut off as abruptly as if someone had pulled a switch, only the memory of them left like markers on the surface above deep water.

NEWYORKER: Friendly Fire

She stopped so abruptly that it was as if someone had put a heavy hand on her shoulder.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish