interregnum
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After Epshteyn put in a good word for him, Trump’s team brought Blanche on to fight multiple prosecutions spanning from New York to Florida during the interregnum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
While he was at the Center for Renewing America, the think tank he founded during his private sector interregnum, Vought indicated a few concrete ways he could push his vision.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2025
If we’re being truly rational, the period from the time you surrender your keys to the moment you collect your vehicle should be an interregnum that fills the heart with dread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
This is a dangerous moment that may not be apparent as such, a seductive interregnum in what will clearly be a long crisis and fight.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
While blacks did win the right to vote when the Republican Party came to power three years later, and even served in various offices, the interregnum lasted less than a decade.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
These disturbances usually account for the interregna which are so often found between the reigns of successive sovereigns.
From Japan by Murray, David
For the remaining 80 the most disputable elements are the 71 years of interregna or of foreign dominations, and the 70 of the minor judges.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
For who wants a lawyer when there are so many interregna?
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
For my own part, I prefer to retain the interregna; they alone, so far as we can see at present, being appropriate to the peculiar scheme of the Book of Judges.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
Private-sector stints were mere interregnums between political races and appointments, and every position of authority was a perch for aggressive bullying and showboating.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
Monarchies have always understood the importance of avoiding interregnums: the king is dead, long live the king!
From Economist ● Nov. 27, 2014
One who almost certainly could is Jean Cardinal Villot, the Camerlengo for both the papal interregnums.
From Time Magazine Archive
In these interregnums of order, Tlacaelel explained, the topmost brother linked himself to the sun, on which all living creatures depend.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Oro delegates his scepter to none; in his everlasting reign there are no interregnums; and Time is Eternity; and we live in Eternity now.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
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Power Prefix: inter-
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