Remain and Stop

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Stop and remain are semantically related. in stay topic. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Remain".

Nearby Words: remainder, remaining

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Remain and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Remain" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

heart	remain heart	stop heart
people	remain people	stop people
group	remain group	stop group
death	remain death	stop death
Other words: time, world, game, machine, evil, villain, players, enemies.

In Sonic Heroes, the 'tired' variation happens again with the appropriately named 'Flight' Characters, but if you remain in flight but stop moving forward, the characters can remain airborne forever.

Source: Video Game Flight
Pawn shops will stop carrying certain weapons and jack up their prices on those that remain.

Source: Video Game / Liberal Crime Squad
They stop being Demonic Spiders once you're accustomed to their pattern... but still remain an annoyance.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Metroid

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