abrupt
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And Ms. Bioh has the girls’ attitudes to her take an implausibly abrupt turn from sycophancy to snickering mockery when Ericka exposes the hollowness of her pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
An abrupt slowdown could ignite shock waves throughout the U.S. economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He wrote: "Twenty years ago today, I came to an abrupt stop upside down in a Yorkshire field, convinced I was about to die."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
This past week, between talk of growth and potential returns, tech titans found themselves addressing the abrupt resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Now you lie down and get some rest,” Mrs. Delaney said, shutting the door behind her, and in the abrupt silence Mia flopped down on the bed and fell instantly asleep.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing abrupt
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