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01. Production of the new toy was [halted] when it was discovered that the toy could easily break, and injure a child.

02. We [halted] our journey at a pub in order to have supper.

03. Production at the factory was [halted] when one of the machines broke down.

04. The elevator [halted] at the first floor.

05. The limousine [halted] outside the nightclub.

06. The vehicles [halted] at a road block set up to check for illegal drug smuggling.

07. The officer shouted "[Halt]!" to the soldiers.

08. A serious traffic accident [halted] traffic in the downtown core for over an hour.

09. The soldiers came to a [halt] at the crossroads.

10. It is difficult to [halt] the cycle of abuse within a family.

11. The continuing conflict between the Armenians and Azeris in Azerbaijan has [halted] foreign investment in the country.

12. The government of Algeria has planted rows of trees in an area known as the Green Barrier, in an effort to [halt] the spread of the desert.

13. In 1973, American bombing raids in Cambodia ended, marking an official [halt] to 12 years of fighting in Indochina.

14. The Olympic Games were so important to the ancient Greeks that all wars on Greek territory were [halted] to allow athletes to travel safely to Olympia in order to participate.

15. Efforts at economic reform in the Republic of the Congo came to a [halt] in June 1997 when civil war erupted.

16. R. I. Rees once suggested that education is a continuous process ending only when ambition comes to a [halt].