stoppage

Example Sentences

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But the 37-year-old has had only one professional boxing bout - a stoppage win over a journeyman 12 years ago.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Any stoppage at Samsung could make that crunch worse and benefit Micron.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Two games, two potentially title-defining stoppage time video assistant referee moments.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The league and the NFL Referees Assn. have avoided a work stoppage by agreeing on a new collective bargaining agreement that runs through the 2032 season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler