You might also be able to stop an elephant or a hippopotamus by shining lights in their eyes.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

In two thousand seven, officials ordered Comcast to stop interfering with file-sharing programs used by its Internet customers.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

The American Academy of Family Physicians says most children stop sucking their thumb by the age of four.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

It did not have enough soldiers to stop any real attempt by Confederate forces to seize the city.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

But the violence and threats by insurgents failed to stop millions of Iraqis from voting.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

By the nineteen-twenties, sports organizations were attempting to stop the use of doping substances.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

"And the brain is activated by this challenging environment and signals to the fat to stop the release of this hormone.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

African National Congress Youth Wing Leader Julius Malema said he would accept a request by the ANC leadership to stop singing,"Shoot the Boer."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Although it was a limited-run program, hundreds of tracks by Miles Davis were beamed across the country, non-stop and commercial-free for five straight days.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The event has added symbolism this year, coming against the background of Israel's rejection of demands by the United States to stop building in disputed East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The flotilla aimed to break a blockade that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip in an effort to stop weapons from reaching the region that is controlled by the militant Hamas movement.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

But the prime minister also admits that in a country where HIV and AIDS victims are often abandoned by their families, fear of the disease could make it almost impossible to stop its spread.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

So he changed his game plan. "My general goal the last three years is to stop all of my emotional connections to the politics of the music industry and of 'South By,' not having anything to do with that."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

As for President Obama's Tuesday evening address to the nation, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president will outline steps taken so far to stop the flow of oil, mitigate the impact of oil that has come ashore and effortsto ensure that people affected by the disaster are compensated.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14