stoppage

Example Sentences

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Any stoppage at Samsung could make that crunch worse and benefit Micron.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Play did not resume, with eight minutes of stoppage time having been announced at the end of the regulation 90.

From BBC • May 17, 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

His only blemish remains a draw with Frazer Clarke, a result he emphatically avenged with a first-round stoppage.

From BBC • May 8, 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