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stoppage

[stop-ij] / ˈstɒp ɪdʒ /


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It took two goals in the final 10 minutes, including one in stoppage time, for his new team to manage a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The idea is to cut out those moments which cause supporters real frustration, and get more football played without adding on loads of stoppage time.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Itauma impressed in a fifth-round stoppage of American Jermaine Franklin in Manchester in March and stopped Briton Dillian Whyte in one round in August 2025.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

That stoppage marks the third office-to-residential conversion where work is currently halted since the old Pfizer headquarters neared partial collapse earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 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

They include food shortages, water contamination, plumbing stoppages, lost mail, and mental health decay, spurring some crew members to jump ship.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

This has led to the stoppages becoming an annoyance not only for supporters, but also for some managers and players.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

The Labor Department recorded 470 work stoppages involving 1,000 or more employees that year—more than 15 times as many as last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

With the 2026 World Cup taking place at the peak of thunderstorm season in several host cities, we are highly likely to see stoppages again.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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