How native speakers pronounce “stop”

made the minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

(Laughter) "And stop speaking like that." (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

it’s a very powerful capability. So I'm going to stop this now and initiate an autonomous patrol of the area.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

I’m going to somewhat rudely interrupt it here. I click stop. I click return and land and dock.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

the high seas in the Arctic, and to stop the trade in wildlife like polar bears, for rugs and for trophies.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

it helps. We can stop trashing the ocean. We can stop industrial fishing.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

We can stop trashing the ocean. We can stop industrial fishing. We must never allow the

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

So, is this our fate? Is there any way to stop this lonely digital future?

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

I didn't tell her. I didn't stop to correct her thinking. She was trusting in a protocol

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

you probably know the numbers, it just immediately came to a stop, and it hit him at like, four miles an hour or something.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

Biologists call these moments major transitions when separate entities stop competing and start building a new whole. Like how molecules became cells,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

It's something we need to notice that we are already in. When did you stop remembering phone numbers? There was no moment you decided to forget them.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

At a million connections, you stop restoring what was lost and you start adding what was never there. Imagine learning a language in an afternoon,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

and I couldn’t remember how I got to the stage while on stage. It's clear that system didn't know how to stop. It’s like a computer --

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

when a tool is powerful, you've all seen it, people stop thinking. "The computer says so."

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

So here's what some experts are saying. Stop fixating on the number because that can lead to unrealistic expectations of sleep.

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

It's other interests that come beforehand. But that doesn't mean that we have to stop. And when this happens,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

Building software felt like playing a video game. I couldn't stop. Until I did.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

My not so subtle request: stop telling single people to get married. (Laughter)

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

standing outside the locked gates of their schools, I could not stop thinking about them. I know many of us feel overwhelmed and lost today,

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

difficult to kind of know where you stand, what you should do better, what you should stop doing, but can also damage people in ways that we often don't think about.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

you should keep doing versus things that "please stop." And I'll get in a moment

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

And when we do the kind of general feedback that is negative, the "please stop," we need it to be specific. So kind of, one of the more common forms of general negative feedback people get

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

“I have a specific, critical, negative thing I want to tell you,” -- “Please stop interrupting people,” you know, not telling Tom about the errors,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

but we know from our personal lives that replacing negative critical, "please stop" behaviors is absolutely essential. So I want to take you out of the workplace for a moment.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

"How did that feel?" Because then they might have to stop for a moment and think about it, and you're going to get a much more interesting response.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

(Laughter) And we stop listening. Stories and ideas are going to come to you.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Maybe a little distrusting. That's not a sign that you need to stop showing up. That's a sign you need to keep showing up because when you continue to show up,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

(Laughter) And you actually just enter that place where you stop being the good citizen who is taking care of things and being responsible.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

Sometimes, that nudge is a gentle poke. "Stop fidgeting, Henna." Sometimes, that nudge feels like a giant shove.

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

our cultures are not built for girls and women. We don't have a one-stop shop, a physical facility to get all of this work done.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

(Audience counting) Stop. Stop, stop, stop. That guy made a mistake.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

JK: Jenny, if stress is something that we co-create, as you say, what's just one behavior that you would urge us all to stop doing tomorrow so that we stop passing it on?

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

what's just one behavior that you would urge us all to stop doing tomorrow so that we stop passing it on? Jenny Taitz: I love this, and I love acronyms.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

Jenny Taitz: I love this, and I love acronyms. So one of my favorite acronyms is STOP. Slow down. Take a step back. Observe. And proceed mindfully.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

But we're so good at getting better with the right tools, and STOP is like a quick one. Like nothing happens if you slow things down,

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

Still not a strong predictor. Whether you're lean or overweight, you can stop feeling guilty about this, because it's only in third place.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

or to eat less fried foods or to stop smoking or to reduce stress.

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

where the intersection of health and haircuts can be cultivated. The next stop on my journey was Dallas, Texas, where we learned that barbers were not only willing

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

a performance like this. It was like time would stop, and the dancer would sort of step through some kind of portal

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

with care tasks, we can stop thinking about the right way to do things. About the way that things should be done,

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

same command over my body as she does. >> If you stop 100 people on the street and ask them, "What do you think of

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

All right, Chris, stop. All right, let's turn around and paddle

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

stop for a second and list the greatest mythical Heroes you can think of the

Desert

Hunger was a thief of opportunity, one that we had to stop before it swallowed us all. So as a nutrition student,

The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED · TED

contributing to a national decline in youth violence. You see, peace was possible because nobody could stop that war but us. Those of us at the center of the conflict.

The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED · TED

According to climate realism, it's just not practical to stop using the sky as an open sewer for the emissions from burning fossil fuels and the other emissions.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

And right now in the European Union, the fossil fuel lobbyists are arguing as hard as they can to stop legislation to try to deal with methane leaks

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

And this is what makes my job interesting. But what we need is to stop burning fossil fuels. And it's most obvious that solar is helping there in markets

Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED · TED

games information and other people we often don't know when to stop without thinking we put screens first

Connect

But no forensic technique is perfect. And so you don't stop after one thing, you keep going.

How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED · TED

"Oh gosh, I wish I was more productive." We should stop designing only for productivity and we should start designing for happiness.

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

“The Red Hot Chili Peppers Make a Grocery List.” (Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, “Can’t Stop”) Quinoa, bananas, ravioli

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

If I hear a song I love on the radio, am I going to stop everything and research how that song was created? Maybe not.

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

And still, when I'm lying awake at night and wishing and maybe trying to figure out some way that I could stop this thing, or at least slow it down a little,

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

fixate on yourself you ignore the bigger picture when you slow down you stop thinking so much about yourself and start thinking

Slow for Others

when we learned to cross the street. Stop. Look.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

That's all. But how often do we stop? We rush through life. We don't stop.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

But how often do we stop? We rush through life. We don't stop. We miss the opportunity because we don't stop.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

We rush through life. We don't stop. We miss the opportunity because we don't stop. We have to stop.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

We miss the opportunity because we don't stop. We have to stop. We have to get quiet.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

We have to get quiet. And we have to build stop signs into our lives. When I was in Africa some years ago and then came back,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

You can find whatever works best for you, but you need stop signs in your life. And when you stop,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

but you need stop signs in your life. And when you stop, then the next thing is to look.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

and that is the third. Stop, look, and then go, and really do something. And what we can do

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

we go with it, we are creative, those are the creative people. And that little stop, look, go, is such a potent seed

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

People are becoming aware that a grateful world is a happy world, and we all have the opportunity by the simple stop, look, go, to transform the world, to make it a happy place.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

and if this has contributed a little to making you want to do the same, stop, look, go. Thank you.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

practice six degrees of gratitude. And every place, every stop on this gratitude trail would give birth to 100 other people that I could thank.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

with this huge sign in front of me flashing "Stop now," "Stop now," "Stop now." And I started to think,

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED

trying to suppress access to knowledge and history through book bans, young people were able to successfully stop book bans in places like Texas and Pennsylvania and beyond.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

that many Danes are so averse to talking to strangers, that they would rather miss their stop on the bus than say "excuse me" to someone that they need to get around.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

that we have evolved to find joy in helping others. Let's stop thinking about giving as just this moral obligation and start thinking of it as a source of pleasure.

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

away from what's the AGI moment to a recognition that, like, this thing is not going to stop, it's going to go way beyond what any of us would call AGI.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

going to support the United Nations the the the United States might well stop paying its dues to the UN I mean

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

systemically important us AI companies uh he'll probably also stop the nent us Chinese um AI dialogue that was hoped

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

to help fossil fuels all of that is not going to stop an extraordinary transition to postc carbon energies

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

Humor, or the lack thereof, can create distance between partners. It can stop us from truly knowing each other. I've left the last challenge for you,

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

stakes to them? Oh, well, I I I wish that I could stop there. Uh so, let's keep going.

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

Julie: If you get flooded, here's what's crucial. You stop immediately and call for a break, then say when you'll come back to continue the conversation.

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

CC: You know what, though? We've got to stop using that phrase. It sounds so innocent,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

you have kids, you buy a house, you know, whatever the order is. And I think sometimes we don't stop enough to ask ourselves, like, why am I doing this?

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

then start asking about the system. But don't stop asking questions until you figure out as much as you can about the system.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

A boy named Eton Pates was taken from a bus stop um and never seen again. And what was interesting about that

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

me and I think they're saying like, "My god, she just doesn't stop. How am I

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

How am I gonna get her to stop?" I'll say, "Oh,

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

God forbid they just want to watch some television or go to sleep. Stop doing all that stuff and create a protected space where all you're going to do is put your body in the bed

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

I'd throw myself off this step. I would! Don't try to stop me! (#thatsnotlove)

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

to know when to crack if rivers ever stop and think of turning back

Naima Penniman: "Being Human" | TED Countdown · TED

Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

but don't you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining. Your voice is small, but don't ever stop singing.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining. Your voice is small, but don't ever stop singing. And when they finally hand you heartache,

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

like the lost prevent the found from escaping the mire, and the degraded stop the enlightened from taking us higher. But no matter what you hear from the mouths of these liars,

"Chasms" | Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes

Late summer, 4 A.M. The rain slows to a stop, dripping still from the broad leaves

4 Powerful Poems about Parkinson's and Growing Older | Robin Morgan | TED Talks · TED

And over the years since, I find I just can't stop cataloging these Olympic achievements in family life. The really big things often come with a game plan and a team of experts

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

"I stopped taking the medication," "I can't stop making online bets." "Sometimes I wonder if more life is really worth all this effort."

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

there are treatments that can help slow, reverse, or even stop aging. False.

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED

So, if there is nothing you can do to slow your aging or stop your aging, what am I doing here?

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED

It's simply a little saying these people say before their meal to remind them to stop eating when their stomach is percent full. It takes about a half hour for that full feeling

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED