stoppage

Example Sentences

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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

"Usyk will win by stoppage between rounds four and eight."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Instead, the referee stepped in and waved off what will go down as a contentious stoppage.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

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

From Barron's • May 18, 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