stoppage
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It took two goals in the final 10 minutes, including one in stoppage time, for his new team to manage a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The stoppage is the third office-to-residential conversion halted since the former Pfizer headquarters neared partial collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"I think Joshua will be a little bit more confident and forceful against this level of opposition. I think it will be three or four rounds before Joshua gets to him with a stoppage."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
A previous attempt at launch was abruptly scrubbed just as the booster began to ignite, in an automatic stoppage that occurred after some engines did not start.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
But “standard” by then included some remarkable safety technology, like an antilock braking system, which allowed for swifter stoppage time and had first been developed in the 1960s.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
They include food shortages, water contamination, plumbing stoppages, lost mail, and mental health decay, spurring some crew members to jump ship.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
"The difficulty is the boats trying to get from further afield and whether there's stoppages further out which will prevent them from getting to us."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Football, basketball and baseball are all shot through with timeouts and stoppages, ends of innings and changes of possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The Labor Department recorded 470 work stoppages involving 1,000 or more employees that year—more than 15 times as many as last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
