Sentence examples for stoppage a from inspiring English sources

The last work stoppage, a four-day strike by the musicians' union, was in 2003.

From the moment team owners and players signed off Monday on an agreement to end the league's longest work stoppage, a nonstop, high-stakes, almost drunken shopping spree has been under way in an extraordinary talent bazaar.

Calling their work stoppage a leave of absence, the senior doctors walked off the job in support of hundreds of striking junior doctors who were fired for protesting hospitals' poor working conditions and lack of drugs.

But on March 14, the first day of business after the N.F.L. lockout began and the union prepared for what could be a long and costly work stoppage, a union official called Schwager's son and said the aid would cease immediately.

In the following grid these sounds are arranged according to the place in the mouth where the stoppage was made and the activity of the vocal cords during and immediately after the stoppage: A labial sound is made with the lips, and a dental sound is made with the tip of the tongue against the back of the teeth.

"We've already started a 12-step program," he said, then joked that the White House counsel, Fred Fielding, had ordered the stoppage— a reference to the dispute over missing e-mail messages concerning the controversial firing of several United States attorneys.

If a stoppage lasted a month or two, the impact would be very significant.

The child is potential future... Life is a flux, a flowing into the future, and not a stoppage or a backwash.

In August, a shootout erupted outside the stadium in Torreón, forcing a stoppage of a match between Santos and Morelia.

A stoppage over a pay dispute threatens to last all season, if not longer.See article.

Compared with previous work stoppages, a firm lockout date loomed over last season, giving teams ample time to plan.