stoppage

Example Sentences

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Palou led for only 32 of the 90 laps Sunday and acknowledged it would have been difficult to catch Rosenqvist if not for the stoppage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Luis Diaz struck in the 89th minute to make it 5-4 to Bayern on aggregate, before Michael Olise put the icing on the cake in stoppage time.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

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

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