stop-start

Definitions

Intermittent; starting and stopping with regularity.

Examples

“It was Van Persie's only opportunity during a stop-start match⟳ in which Theo Walcott, Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey squandered chances to open⟳ the scoring.”

“Health, a quartet from Los Angeles, is another story, playing manic, stop-start spasms of percussion and screamy noise, with three of its members throwing their bodies around as if in an untamed dance⟳.”

“Otherwise, we would not be talking about electrifying the main lines, as the work⟳ would have⟳ been long since done. Instead, we are now at the sixth stage⟳ of a stop⟳ (1960s) start⟳ (1990s East Coast) stop⟳ (1990s) start⟳ (2000s Great Western) stop⟳ (2010s) process⟳ that has gone on for more than half a century.”

“These strategies also need⟳ plans which are then developed for delivery in an efficient manner, unlike the shop-start stuff we have⟳ lived with for far too long.”

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