stoppage

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Striker Folarin Balogun had the next two U.S. goals, before substitute Gio Reyna added the fourth in stoppage time, but it was the 27-year-old Pulisic who kept creating American opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Mexico’s César Montes was sent off in stoppage time for bringing down Khuliso Mudau outside the box as he was heading toward the goal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 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

In contrast, Manchester United's stoppage time 3-2 win against Burnley can be put down to a VAR penalty.

From BBC • May 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