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

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

Makhmudov, 36, boasts a record of 21 wins, 19 by stoppage, and two defeats.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In time spent watching football - not including stoppage time or extra time - that works out at 522,360 minutes.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

But “standard” by then included some remarkable safety technology, like an antilock braking system, which allowed for swifter stoppage time and had first been developed in the 1960s.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel