stoppage

Example Sentences

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Two games, two potentially title-defining stoppage time video assistant referee moments.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The outcome was a United performance that didn't produce a single shot on target until Matheus Cunha's effort was saved by Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs in stoppage time.

From BBC • May 9, 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

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