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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authorities stopped" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing an action taken by authorities to halt or prevent something.
Example: "The authorities stopped the event due to safety concerns."
Alternatives: "officials halted" or "law enforcement intervened".
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Yesterday, the authorities stopped intervening; today, they relaxed capital controls.
Authorities stopped the dig in Oakland Township after a few hours on the third day.
My son, Awais, went to visit his brother but the authorities stopped him.
Local authorities stopped building new council houses on any sort of scale in the 1990s.
Authorities stopped ferry services and fishing operations, while nearly 200 local flights had been suspended.
The five men threatened to burn themselves after the authorities stopped allowing supporters to deliver food to the occupied building.
He said the Chinese authorities stopped him as he boarded his flight and detained him for about 48 hours.
The authorities stopped him and his group as they were boarding a yacht with plans to stage a Dominica coup.
As of November of last year, when federal authorities stopped issuing information on the subject, the tally was 1,147.
But soon after they entered the terminal, Egyptian airport authorities stopped them and ordered them to hand over their passports.
Last April, Mexican authorities stopped a Chinese man at the Mexico City International Airport with 355 totoaba swim bladders.
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