stoppage

Example Sentences

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Local 11’s SoFi Stadium workers overwhelmingly voted late last week to authorize a strike, which means a work stoppage could have started anytime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The work stoppage imperils GM’s heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, as the automaker has limited axle stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

A Samsung strike "would almost certainly have been the biggest work stoppage in the history of the global semiconductor industry", South Korean writer and researcher Kap Seol said in an article for US magazine Jacobin.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The 21-year-old produced an impressive fifth-round stoppage win over Jermaine Franklin in March, becoming the first fighter to stop the American in 27 professional bouts.

From BBC • May 24, 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