abruptly

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He shocked many by having an entire section of the White House abruptly bulldozed last October, announcing the need for a new large-scale events center.

From Barron's

The study, published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrates that viscous liquids can abruptly snap when stretched with enough force.

From Science Daily

“Yeah, turns out she’s into one of her guy best frien—” Ethan stopped abruptly and had the decency to wince when he caught my panicked expression.

From Literature

It blew in great, roaring gusts, then abruptly died, leaving an empty space that echoed with the most disturbing sound: a far-off moaning, as if the woods were trying to tell Clare something.

From Literature

Barron’s Roundtable: No matter how much and how well we save, invest, and prepare, we’re often thrown off course when the rules of the game abruptly change.

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