What would happen if the process could be stopped a moment early?

This practice was stopped early in the 2000s and they are no longer allowed.

The bus service to/from these areas is good but stops early.

The 2002 event was stopped early due to heavy rain.

The man said to her softly, "You could have stopped earlier, before he tried to use that."

We wanted to blitz to stop the run early in the game.

The vote count was stopped early and then suspended three days later, on 9 May.

The mission was stopped one day early as there were several problems with the spacecraft.

Mike looked down the slope and wondered if he should have stopped earlier.

That night, at a stream, we stopped early to camp.