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The phrase "a stoppage over" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a temporary halt or pause, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "There was a stoppage over the weekend due to maintenance work."
Alternatives: "a pause in" or "a break in".
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A stoppage over a pay dispute threatens to last all season, if not longer.See article.
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"Most of those who took part in the revolution were satisfied with the fall of Mubarak," said Dr. Mona Mina, a soft-spoken Coptic pediatrician who helped lead physicians nationwide in a work stoppage over deteriorating medical services.
The longshoremen's contract expired on July 1, and the two sides have bargained on and off since then, with the threat of a stoppage hanging over the talks.
In the same way that a slow sink drain will turn into a complete stoppage over time, new fat deposits collect on existing ones, further narrowing the artery.
Horiguchi, meanwhile, burst onto the scene with a thrilling stoppage over Dustin Pague, demonstrating surprising speed and power throughout the first round of his UFC debut.
A scintillating stoppage over the 31-year-old New Yorker who Pacquiao couldn't put away but overwhelmed on points may well put the frighteners on Floyd Mayweather Jnr, with whom Khan is desperate to get it on; whereas an indifferent performance could see the Money Man simply shrug and say Bolton's finest isn't good enough to share the ring with him should he decide to fight on in September.
"When guys come off the field now, or there is a stoppage in play, they come over to me and they're really talking to me.
Nathan Cleverly made a successful first defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title with a fourth-round stoppage over Aleksy Kuziemski at London's O2 Arena.
"For the first few years when there was a stoppage, they would announce over the P.A. that it was for icing, because no one in the building knew why".
Public-health workers led the charge with a 24-hour stoppage over pay.
Codelco's miners recently staged a one-day stoppage over working conditions, and three weeks of industrial action by port workers that ended this month held up 9,000 tonnes of copper exports a day.Energy is costly and likely to get costlier.
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