stoppage
Example Sentences
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Baseball’s been on a heater in recent years—improved TV ratings, better pace of play with the pitch clock—and a stoppage could throw away significant momentum.
About 160,000 people have been affected by the stoppage, the World Food Programme said, in a country already facing a hunger crisis.
From Barron's
Scandals at the top of both player associations have left them severely weakened as one faces a possible work stoppage and the other discusses an expanded schedule.
An alleged attempted coup to force him to sell has led to resignations, a work stoppage and a protest.
The upheaval has involved resignations, a work stoppage and a protest.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
