Sentence examples for stoppages around from inspiring English sources

Caterpillar, for example, had announced buyouts, wage freezes and work stoppages around the holidays because of "a dramatic decline in orders," said Jim Dugan, a spokesman for the company, based in Peoria, Ill.

Most of them stay around for three or four years, and none of them want to see one-third of their career wiped out by a work stoppage.

And yet, when Steven Gerrard was awarded the free-kick deep into stoppage time, there were shouts of "no" all around Goodison.

He was less complimentary about Juan Carlos Paredes' theatrics in first-half stoppage time, Watford's Ecuadorian right-back rolling around clutching his face after brushing with the occasion's predictable pantomime villain, Costa, in front of the dugouts.

Many services under the control of the Catalan government saw some stoppages, with public transport running at around 40percentt, according to reports, while port workers and civil servants also walked out.

An average American football game takes about three and a half hours, but after you cut out all the referee huddles, official reviews, timeouts, injury stoppages, commercials, booth chatter, and endless shots of players standing around waiting for something to happen, you're left with just about eleven minutes of actual gameplay.

No work stoppages.

Bradesco has had stoppages too.

Most common emergency: Stoppages.

On July 17th, around 750,000 council workers, from librarians to binmen, staged a one-day strike; two more national stoppages are planned.

So get used to the stoppages.