How to Use work stoppage in a Sentence

work stoppage

noun
  • There was talk of a mass work stoppage, walkouts.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But the specter of a work stoppage has loomed over the sport ever since.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Adjustments have been put in place to menus in case of a work stoppage.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Yep, that’s a good reason to provoke a work stoppage.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Stop threatening a work stoppage, fans don’t want to hear it.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • The strikes come just two years after the union engaged in work stoppages at the ports.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 July 2024
  • That threatens the prospect of a prolonged work stoppage.
    — Jordan Fabian, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • Neither side has triggered a work stoppage.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But either side is now able to initiate a work stoppage.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The optics of a work stoppage are not good for anyone, Pereira said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Even the threat of a work stoppage could tangle the nation’s supply chains.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Released first report on work stoppages.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The deal ends the biggest work stoppage of its kind in nearly half a century.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The league and the owners knew this and went out of their ways to guard against any potential strike or work stoppage.
    — Nathaniel Friedman, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2020
  • The players have not ruled out a work stoppage in the event the two parties can’t come to terms ahead of the deadline.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
  • In both cases, the vote is just the first step on a path that rarely if ever ends in an actual work stoppage.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • Kaiser has declined to discuss staffing issues in this latest work stoppage.
    — Pat Maio, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That likely would extend a work stoppage well into next season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
  • Players have said a salary cap is a non-starter, which could lead to a work stoppage in 2027.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • Because of a work stoppage, there were no playoffs in 1994.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The owners and players need to remove the black cloud of a potential work stoppage.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • The union has not endured a work stoppage since it was locked out by the studios in 1988.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 July 2024
  • But the parties reached a deal without going down to the wire or triggering a work stoppage.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Opening day was to have been March 31 but has been wiped out by baseball’s ninth work stoppage.
    — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • On Monday, about 60 stores were forced to close as result of work stoppages, the union said.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The closer the league gets to the fall without an agreement, the more likely a work stoppage happens.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2020
  • In the year since forming the union, Pineapple Street staffers have yet to stage any kind of work stoppage.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But in baseball, there could be no greater catnip to this president than a high-profile work stoppage.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • However, in that scenario, the players union or the league could announce a work stoppage.
    — Ben Pickman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The strike would be the union’s first since a two-day work stoppage at GM in 2007.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019

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