stoppage

Example Sentences

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Despite their opponents appearing determined to take the game to penalties from early on, the Canadians kept their cool before Stephen Eustaquio delivered the moment of quality to win it in stoppage time.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Iran seemed to have secured an automatic spot in the knockout stage at the end of the Egypt match when Shoja Khalilzadeh slammed a loose ball into the net in stoppage time.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Never mind how the match ended, with a gutpunch of a goal from Kaan Ayhan in the final moments of stoppage time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

The game stayed that way until Ayhan, who came on with two minutes left in regulation, slid between two U.S. defenders to knock in the game-winner eight minutes into stoppage time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 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