Sentence examples for ceased running from inspiring English sources

Though the buses ceased running long ago, the markers remain as signposts in several of the beach towns.

If it does not, the district will probably return to the torpor that set in when the rubber-bearing Madeira-Mamoré railway ceased running in 1972, leaving a picturesque ruin of a station.To hear the prospective builders tell it, the stakes for Brazil are similar.

Mr. Bascom's brother, Mansfield Bascom of Paoli, Pa., said after his brother's death, "When the world record depth of water for drilling was about 400 feet, he drilled in 12,000 and collected the first samples of the earth's 'second layer.' " But a Houston-based contractor took over the project, Mr. Bascom ceased running it, and Congress halted its appropriations.

The last paddle steamer ceased running in the 1950s, superseded by road transport.

Mullah Mohammed Omar had not been seen publicly in more than a decade and long ago ceased running the Taliban's day-to-day operations.

The NFL ads appeared to have ceased running on the New York Times' website by midday Friday, but a spokeswoman for the paper told The Wall Street Journal they were still in circulation.

It is possible to make progress in such running, but it is not an easy progress, and as soon as you cease running, you are rapidly descending.

Didn't the trains cease running half a century ago?

Someone puts a medallion around my neck as I cease running and nearly fall over.

Officials at the group asked television stations in the state to cease running attack ads targeting Mr. Gingrich, according to a person involved with Make Us Great Again.

Mr. Bloomberg had bought the bicycle, a helmet and other accessories for $663 this month as the subway and bus strike was threatened, hoping to set an example for the public on how to cope should the system cease running.