Halted
Played
Played adjective - (of games) engaged in.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The song that he played asking for Eurydice's soul back not only melted Hades' heart, but quenched Tantalus' thirst, halted Sisyphus' boulder, and kept the water inside the jars... until he left.
Source: Fate Worse Than Death -
Science Marches On: In-Universe the stable wormholes were deemed impossible and all research on the subject was halted, and then the aliens arrived and brought with them the means to create stable wormholes, and the humans frantically played catch-up since then.
Source: Fan Fic / To the Stars
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