1.   Baked alaska, for instance, was once a show stopper.

2.   A show stopper, so to speak.

3.   A miniature duet for a soprano Genie and the distraught Nadir, on the other hand, is a sketch for a tragic show stopper.

4.   A show stopper is cause for rejoicing and is definitely not a deal breaker.

5.   Last year, he created a real show stopper from styrofoam balls and clear plastic knives, forks and spoons.

6.   That sequence, a vertiginous show stopper, combines new ways to make the palms sweat with a humorous nostalgia for how heists worked when this genre was hot.

7.   The Justice Department, however, could be the show stopper.

8.   The menu included such show stoppers as squid pockets filled with coconut milk, liquid croquettes, translucent noodles carbonara and clams enveloped in sea-water foam.

9.   The show jumping course was a show stopper with a global motif.

10.   The show stoppers include a Gravikord, an electronically amplified stringed instrument that sounds like an earthy harp.