stoppage

Example Sentences

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The work stoppage imperils GM’s heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, as the automaker has limited axle stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

No baseball games have been missed because of a work stoppage since the strike ended in the spring of 1995.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Collina hopes these changes will mean stoppage time is not as long as at the 2022 World Cup.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

A Samsung strike "would almost certainly have been the biggest work stoppage in the history of the global semiconductor industry", South Korean writer and researcher Kap Seol said in an article for US magazine Jacobin.

From Barron's • May 28, 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