stoppage
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the stoppage was due to “a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue.”
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary ground stoppage on all flights in the United States following a communications issue that affected air traffic control centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The parties agreed to a new labor deal after a three-month work stoppage, just in time to preserve the full 162-game schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Benn was ahead on two scorecards when Eubank forced a dramatic ninth-round stoppage to claim the WBO middleweight title.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Yes, there was warning—years of it, in fact—but public service announcements about conservation are a whole lot different from a total stoppage.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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The robots can be thwarted by something as simple as dust buildup, and stoppages can create a cascade of other problems, said some of the people familiar with the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Today, the 1994 strike remains one of the most damaging work stoppages in American sports history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
Albanian Prenga enters the fight with an impressive record of his own, having achieved all of his 20 victories with stoppages while suffering only one defeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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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