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Discover LudwigThe phrase "stopped work" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when referring to ceasing work on a particular task or project, or when discussing a period of time in which work is not taking place. For example, "The factory stopped work for a month while the machine was being repaired."
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Several factories stopped work.
Almost all employees stopped work.
Ninety per cent of wives stopped work.
Almost 5,000 academics stopped work on July 4th.
Canoe stopped work on one such product in 2009.
The break doesn't mean that he has stopped work completely.
We just say we stopped work," said Zhang.
Several contractors stopped work and sued EnCap for back pay.
Mr. Inderbinen stopped work only at the age of 95.
Rauschenberg stopped work as the Cunningham company's regular designer in 1964.
Regulators stopped work in a section of the mine until the ventilation was corrected.
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