stoppage

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Dubois survived two early knockdowns to dethrone fellow Briton Wardley with an 11th-round stoppage in Manchester on Saturday.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The outcome was a United performance that didn't produce a single shot on target until Matheus Cunha's effort was saved by Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs in stoppage time.

From BBC • May 9, 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