abrupt
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As she relates in “Aging Out,” the shock of Anita’s death was a factor in Schiller’s abrupt relocation from a central New York college town to Pittsburgh, where she knew no one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"The fall for the German automakers has been really abrupt."
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Silver prices have dropped almost 50% from their record peak in January after a trading frenzy in the metal came to an abrupt end.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
That is the time that passed between his signing of a new four-year deal and his abrupt resignation as Scotland head coach.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
For the young women who answered the Komsomol call for volunteers on October 10, 1941, their transformation from civilians to soldiers was abrupt.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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