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Examples of stanch
stanch
Sales of the popular cars have also helped stanch the flow of red ink in Europe.
From the businessweek.com
Tying to stanch the flow of narcotics into the U.S. has become a Sisyphean task.
From the time.com
The oil giant expects to know within 48 hours if the new cap can stanch the flow.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It could take two days to see if this attempt to stanch the oil flow succeeds.
From the kentucky.com
Mr Luetscher managed to put his T-shirt over the wound to stanch the bleeding.
From the smh.com.au
Similar tactics have helped to stanch the flow of readers from quality papers.
From the economist.com
It would stanch the red ink and start turning a profit within weeks, Marchese said.
From the freep.com
Sgt. Tippett and another Marine tightened tourniquets to stanch the bleeding.
From the online.wsj.com
Again, impressive numbers, but certainly not enough to stanch the losses elsewhere.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Stem: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
- (STANCHED) [ Lk 8:44] stopped or restrained from flowing.
- (of Sector 3560): A once benevolent being who was corrupted in body and mind through the pollution of his world, becoming a monstrous killer of the skies.^[32]
- An old spelling of staunch: firm; steadfast; loyal. Silver is using the term in a figurative sense of the nautical meaning watertight and seaworthy.
- Said of a vessel that is firm, strong, and unlikely to develop leaks.
