stoppage

Example Sentences

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CAF stripped Senegal of its title on March 17, over the team's angry departure from the pitch after a penalty was awarded to Morocco late in second-half stoppage time.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The work stoppage was first called on Feb. 17, after the staff union alleged that management had no intention to reach an agreement on the pending contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The optics of a work stoppage are not good for anyone, Pereira said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

A stoppage of the Windsor plant could result in layoffs that extend beyond the factory and into suppliers that make other parts for the Chrysler Pacifica and Dodge Charger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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