Opening
Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.
Stops
Both words in one sentence
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Towards the beginning of the camping trip, Shun says that their trip to the campsite feels similar to the opening of My Neighbor Totoro, although he stops himself before he says the entire title.
Source: Visual Novel / Morenatsu -
The opening theme for the Dance in the Vampire Bund anime... well it stops just short of female nudity, but given the apparent age of the female lead the Nipple and Dimed thing does not help much.
Source: R-Rated Opening -
Lothar stops Medivh's golem from finishing Portal-opening incantation by cutting its head off, although it doesn't kill it.
Source: Film / WarCraft
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