The locals took to the ocean in their small fishing boats and successfully stopped the US Navy's military exercises.
Will spooked locals stop talking to their embassy contacts?
In fact, this airport is so beloved that the locals stop by to hang out even when they don't have plane tickets!
Waitresses kissed him and locals stopped by the table to shake hands and say, "Hang in there, George."
There isn't a border guard in sight; the locals stopped carrying passports years ago.
Upon attempting to destroy the Gate of Semnan, the locals chained themselves to the building and stopped its destruction.
Inside the half-empty cafe, genial locals stopped to talk with one another.
The locals never stopped professing amazement at our bad luck.
The relationships become so cozy, the traders say, that brokers and locals often stop dealing with the entire pit.
Those locals can stop too quick to suit.