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"ref": "1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 150",
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"sense": "something that forms an obstacle to continued activity",
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"sense": "something that forms an obstacle to continued activity",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"ref": "1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Automated trains in New York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 78",
"text": "The brakes were specially developed by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to provide smooth stoppages under automatic operation.",
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},
{
"ref": "1964 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 432",
"text": "A \"who-does-what\" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.",
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},
{
"ref": "2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3",
"text": "The laws are controversial. Forcing someone to work during a lawful strike is a major step. It was always likely to inflame a situation, and so it proved with LNER. ASLEF's counter-tactic came as a five-day walkout, which would have been the longest stoppage for many years had LNER not withdrawn its plan.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A pause or halt of some activity."
],
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{
"word": "moratorium"
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{
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
"tags": [
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"word": "aturada"
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
"word": "停機"
},
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
"word": "停机"
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
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"note": "of milk flow",
"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
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"word": "остано́вка"
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
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"word": "просто́й"
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{
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
"word": "ఆపుదల"
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"sense": "pause or halt of some activity",
"word": "నిలుపుదల"
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"word": "bloqueig"
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"sense": "something that forms an obstacle to continued activity",
"word": "este"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "something that forms an obstacle to continued activity",
"word": "tukos"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zagvózdka",
"sense": "something that forms an obstacle to continued activity",
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"word": "загво́здка"
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"sense": "something that forms an obstacle to continued activity",
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