Respite
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- Which makes the occasional obstacle that doesn't seem like a nice respite... except making you stop is what they want you to do, because it puts you in position long enough for a hidden obstacle to smack you into the water.
Source: Series / Wipeout (2008) -
Although this would be only a temporary and imperfect solution, it would provide at least some respite for living elephants to bring their numbers back up so they wouldn't be as endangered anymore, and it would be better than doing nothing and just hoping humans stop being greedy.
Source: Clueless Aesop -
When enough points have been scored, new marbles stop rolling onto the screen, and once all the marbles are removed, the level is cleared.Knocking out marbles within a rollout will give you a brief respite as the back of the line closes the gap.
Source: Video Game / Zuma
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Stop and Respite. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/respite/stop
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