stoppage

Example Sentences

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City equalised deep into stoppage time through Jeremy Doku to snatch a 3-3 draw.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The Hammers had appeared to have dealt a significant blow to Arsenal's title hopes as well as boosting their own Premier League survival prospects when Callum Wilson struck in stoppage time.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The NFL and its referees association have a new collective bargaining agreement, avoiding a work stoppage and hopefully anything like 2012’s botched ‘Fail Mary’ call.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

The league and the NFL Referees Assn. have avoided a work stoppage by agreeing on a new collective bargaining agreement that runs through the 2032 season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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