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The phrase "a quick halt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a brief stop or pause in an action or movement.
Example: "The driver made a quick halt at the red light before continuing on their way."
Alternatives: "a brief stop" or "a swift pause."
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When the two cars uncoupled, they came to a quick halt on the track, because of air-powered brakes, and "there was never any danger" that the cars would be hit by another train, he said.
Fallen rose to his feet before being counted out, but Referee Pete Santiago looked at Fallen's dazed eyes, and waved the quick bout to a quick halt at 2 03.
Those days came to a quick halt when the financial crisis struck, however.
Airplanes have pitch and roll as well as yaw, and move within a highly dynamic medium, and if something goes wrong — like an engine failure, or a bird strike — a quick halt is generally the exact opposite of a desirable outcome.
Ironically, the far more difficult verses aren't a problem for Castro who remembers the chorus the second time around and then ends very awkwardly with a quick halt in the rhythm and an ill-placed gentle coda.
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Both groups called for an immediate halt.
A quick nationalisation should halt a run on the bank and avert wider panic.
A well-maintained mound may go unnoticed, but a faulty one can bring the proceedings to a quick and unwelcome halt.
A quick decision on halting implantation of the ASR™ and efficient management of those affected could have preserved confidence in hip implants and the implant governance system in the UK.
Sean O'Brien clattered Sivivatu in a cynical off-the-ball tackle to halt a quick Clermont counter instigated by Parra's sharp-thinking tap.
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