stop-work
(usually, attributive) A temporary cessation of work.
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(usually, attributive) A temporary cessation of work.
“Good Shepherd Collective: Israeli forces issued stop-work orders against two homes of brothers Bakr and Hussein Mahmoud al-Adra in al-Dirat, east of Yatta in the South Hebron Hills. This always a pretext to demolish their homes. #Palestine”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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