In Homer's poem, Odysseus stops up the ears of his crew with wax, has himself tied to the mast, and sails near the fatal Sirens'shore ( XII; 184-8 ).
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A Union Pacific expert testified at trial that lights and crossing gates could stop up to 90 percent of the nation's crossing accidents, which killed 431 persons in 1998.
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Things were uglier on Banja Luka's outskirts, where pro-Plavsic police used water cannons and batons to stop up to 15 buses and their passengers from joining the rally, witnesses said.
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For 24 percent of men aged 30-60 and 9 percent of women, snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea in which breathing stops up to hundreds of times each night.
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One is to try to stop up the ends with a magnetic mirror, the other is to eliminate the ends altogether by bending the field lines around to close on themselves.
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A Cobham & Downside member on Elmbridge, Mike Bennison since 2005 also represents the next 3 stops up the line to London Oxshott Claygate and Hinchley Wood on Surrey County Council.
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In the production of a ( voiced ) / g /, air must pass through the vocal cords while the back of the tongue stops up the vocal tract, blocking that air.
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I love it almost as much as the garage-door opener and that little pump-thing with which you can stop up a wine bottle so that it stays good for a day or two.
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It was common for guards to carry old newspapers with which to stop up any draughts that made their presence felt at speed; partly fitted freight trains might run up to 60 mph.
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2 Chronicles 32, 3 4 : " And he took counsel with his officers and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the fountains that were outside the city, and they assisted him.
