stoppage

Example Sentences

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This tentative deal is a promising signal that the Writers Guild could avoid a strike after 2023’s historic work stoppage that lasted 148 days.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

CAF stripped Senegal of its title on March 17, over the team's angry departure from the pitch after a penalty was awarded to Morocco late in second-half stoppage time.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A stoppage of the Windsor plant could result in layoffs that extend beyond the factory and into suppliers that make other parts for the Chrysler Pacifica and Dodge Charger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Without an agreement, that opened a period of status quo, where the previous CBA remained in place but either side could engage in a work stoppage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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