stoppage
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But goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski made the two goals stand up, making six saves before giving up New England’s only goal on Carles Gil’s penalty kick six minutes into second-half stoppage time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ten months later he had netted 23 goals in 34 Premier League games, including the one deep into stoppage time that crowned City champions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Hennessy, who turns 22 on 20 October, stopped Aurora de Persio in May for her second stoppage win in nine bouts.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The stoppage is the third office-to-residential conversion halted since the former Pfizer headquarters neared partial collapse.
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
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Having matched Martin's 32 stoppages, Serrano believes returning to two-minute rounds for this 12-round bout could deliver the finish.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
But, Wainwright added, the prospect of stoppages for thunderstorms in the evening could be advantageous for England, giving them chance to take a break from the effects of the altitude.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Strike activity has picked up, too—in each of the past three years, there have been upward of 30 work stoppages involving 1,000 or more employees, according to the Labor Department, the most since the mid-1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
I can’t believe this: smashing fishbowls and threatening work stoppages is doing great?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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