stoppage
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were cancelled Monday as pilots kicked off a two-day strike over pay and pensions, with cabin crew announcing they were staging yet another stoppage later this week.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Kabayel is also undefeated in 27 professional bouts, winning 19 of those by stoppage - including victories over Makhmudov and Zhilei Zhang.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Makhmudov, 36, boasts a record of 21 wins, 19 by stoppage, and two defeats.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Six minutes into stoppage time, Callender batted away a final left-footed shot from Pec for his season-best sixth save.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 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
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