_________The word stanch has appeared in 31 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Nov. 16 in “After a Giant Ship Goes Belly Up, Many Fear a Shoreline Is Next” by Rick Rojas:The shipping vessel started to capsize Sept. 8 after a fire broke out on board. The signs of environmental damage were soon evident. Smoke clouded the sound and oil and fuel washed onto the shore. A dark horizontal band has been left on a long stretch of shoreline, a marker of the pollutants carried in by the high tides. Officials have since worked to stanch pollution and piece together a plan for dealing with the wreckage.

Source: New York Times January 28, 2020 06:56 UTC