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In waking up to what has been taking place, they have stopped the dark Ones in their tracks and opened opportunities for a regime change.

Organizers of the Shanghai event felt "there was no need to make both sides embarrassed and stop our guests in their tracks, " he said.

As soon as you recognize these thoughts creeping in, it's time to stop them dead in their tracks and carry on with your plans.

I greatly admire Cai SG, she will walk right up to people, stop them in their tracks, explain to them our causes and request for donation.

Howling winds can be stopped in their tracks by trees, helping households save on heating costs as well.

So intense was the fireball that it stopped ordinary people going about their daily business dead in their tracks.

This sudden command was like a bolt from the blue . Stunned, everyone stopped in their tracks.

What if those taboo, high-risk businesses cannot be stopped in their tracks as regulators and politicians would like?

Goldilocks woke up and wanted to run away, but no one could move. They all froze in their tracks.

These interact strongly with matter and so can travel just a centimetre or so in air before being halted in their tracks.

We also had the ability to stop Gaddafi's forces in their tracks without putting American troops on the ground.

We also had the ability to stop Qaddafi's forces in their tracks without putting American troops on the ground.

A young designer has invented a revolutionary folding bicycle that will stop thieves in their tracks, the Daily Mail of London reported.

And in March, the international community launched a military operation to save lives and stop Qaddafi's forces in their tracks.

Price-fixing cartels were stopped in their tracks and the notorious Northern Securities and Standard Oil trusts were no more.

The Arab League called for this effort; Arab nations joined a NATO-led coalition that halted Qaddafi's forces in their tracks.

Droids suddenly stopped in their tracks and dropped their weapons as the signal wormed its way through the HoloNet.

That firm aims to develop an adhesive polymer that could stop vehicles in their tracks, without harming its occupants.

Governments who ignore capital mobility do so at the risk of stopping entrepreneurs in their tracks.

These graphite spheroids are know as "crack arresters" in the Ductile Iron industry because of their ability to stop cracks in their tracks.

The result is kit that can take down enemy missiles and aircraft, stop tanks in their tracks and bring speedboats to a halt.

Lasso-selecting a character will usually stop them in their tracks.

When other normal mice were exposed to the danger-scented air, they froze in their tracks.

As soon as the four burly men heard that voice, they stopped dead in their tracks and stood there stupidly .

Other creatures were standing dead still in their tracks.

They crash through the tree line and suddenly stop in their tracks.

Military Special Forces Ghost Unit, you have 72 hours to lead your team to victory and stop the rebels in their tracks.

And in their tracks came stories and novels, such as Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express.