abrupt
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A sanctioned Chinese oil tanker, the Rich Starry, masked its location for over 10 days before making an abrupt U-turn near Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Navy is operating to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports—the tanker made an abrupt U-turn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
This marks an abrupt change after the UK's warmest early-April day in 80 years on Wednesday, when temperatures peaked at 26.6C in London.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Though forward returns for large-caps after a doubling were “generally weak,” they researchers wrote, smaller-caps showed “more abrupt and severe declines.”
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
Eliza’s greeting was delivered in a short, abrupt voice, without a smile; and then she sat down again, fixed her eyes on the fire, and seemed to forget me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing abrupt
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