A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

HALT

Sun, 15 Oct '23
Pull up
Thu, 2 Feb '23
"Freeze!"
Sun, 25 Dec '22
"Stop right there!"
Sun, 20 Nov '22
"Go no further!"
Wed, 14 Apr '21
Cry before "Who goes there?"
Tue, 29 Dec '20
Guard's command