stoppage

Example Sentences

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The union has mounted multiple one-day or multi-day strikes in recent years but has not held an open-ended work stoppage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The cabin crew stoppage will affect "all Lufthansa group departures from Frankfurt and Munich airports" for the whole of Wednesday and Thursday, according to the UFO union.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Dubois suffered a brutal fifth-round stoppage loss to Usyk in his last fight, and will look to return to winning ways against his British rival.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Sensing that a stoppage was unlikely, sections of the crowd began drifting out before the final bell.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 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