stoppage

Example Sentences

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The cabin crew stoppage will affect "all Lufthansa group departures from Frankfurt and Munich airports" for the whole of Wednesday and Thursday, according to the UFO union.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Kabayel is also undefeated in 27 professional bouts, winning 19 of those by stoppage - including victories over Makhmudov and Zhilei Zhang.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Makhmudov, 36, boasts a record of 21 wins, 19 by stoppage, and two defeats.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

As with earlier strikes, during the 2019 teachers walkout, administrators crossed teachers’ picket lines to keep schools open and hold things together — overseeing food distribution and student supervision during the six-day work stoppage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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