butted in
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A boy near me butted in: "Wow, you don't get this?"
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024
Mr. Christie quickly butted in, claiming that “Ron gets asked a question and he doesn’t answer.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023
“OBJECTION,” the defense butted in, though it was overruled.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
As he explained that his ministry had launched a programme to produce helicopter engines in St Petersburg that were previously made in Ukraine, the president butted in, complaining it was all taking too long.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2023
Margot got madder by the minute, and Mother butted in: “Margot was reading that book; give it back to her.”
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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