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have been stopped vs had been stopped

Both phrases are fine/correct; however, they're used in different contexts. 'Have been stopped' is used to indicate an action that's just been completed or is still ongoing. 'Had been stopped' is used to indicate a past action that was completed before another past event. Therefore, the choice between the two phrases depends on the timeline of the events being described.
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have been stopped

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a recent action that has just been completed or is still ongoing.

Use 'have been stopped' when referring to a recent action that has just been completed or is still ongoing. It indicates a present perfect tense.

Examples:

  • The traffic has been stopped due to the accident.
  • The project has been stopped temporarily for further review.
  • The train has been stopped at the station for maintenance.
  • Dec 13, 2015 ... “When a guy is that hurt and out of it and has trouble getting up, it probably should have been stopped,” UFC President Dana White said of ...
  • Painful: White House Can't Name One Mass Shooting That Would Have Been Stopped By New Gun Laws. Matt Vespa | Dec 10, 2015. Matt Vespa. Share on ...
  • Ben Carson: Hitler may have been stopped if the German public were armed. Colin Campbell. Oct. 8, 2015, 2:56 PM; 7,058; 28 · facebook · linkedin · twitter ...
  • Dec 10, 2015 ... “If not a single recent mass shooting would have been stopped by the kind of gun control measures you champion, are those the right approach ...

Alternatives:

  • is stopped
  • was stopped
  • has stopped
  • has come to a stop
  • has been halted

had been stopped

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a past action that was completed before another past event.

Use 'had been stopped' when referring to a past action that was completed before another past event. It indicates a past perfect tense.

Examples:

  • The train had been stopped before the passengers could board.
  • The production had been stopped due to a lack of resources.
  • The traffic had been stopped for the parade to pass.
  • Dec 23, 2015 ... Mr Cameron last night promised to investigate why Mr Mahmood, his brother and their children, had been stopped from flying to the US, ITV ...
  • Dec 23, 2015 ... The MP said she wanted the Prime Minister to spell out how many people had been stopped from flying to America and what the reasons given ...
  • What if the Death had been stopped or diluted? In the emptied world after the Death, the feudal systems came under strain. Suddenly there were too few folk to  ...
  • Dec 3, 2015 ... These cases were dropped either because the wrong person had been stopped or because the covered offenses were decades old and the ...

Alternatives:

  • had stopped
  • had come to a stop
  • had been halted
  • had been brought to a halt
  • had been ceased

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