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Fragmented sleep - which can happen if you're waking up due to a snoring partner - can interrupt this process, impacting your focus and memory.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Given its massive size, it would interrupt the sight lines between the Lincoln Memorial, one of Washington's iconic landmarks, and Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of American servicemembers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

There is plenty to protest in the plan: Trump is threatening to install gold accents throughout the buildings, and renderings show a new covered walkway that could interrupt the clean lines of Saarinen’s facade.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

To interrupt this process, Quitterer and her colleagues created several chemical compounds and tested them in cell cultures and mice.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

She doesn’t interrupt at first with words, but it is obvious she is on a new mission.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Their crunch interrupts the softness of the turkey, cheese and sauces; their salt seasons the sandwich; and their pucker sharpens the lemon mayo and smoky-sweet romesco.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Fewer fires, it said, "interrupts a sequence of years of fire expansion and returns the country to a historically lower level of burned area."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Millions of people worldwide live with obstructive sleep apnea, a common disorder that repeatedly interrupts breathing during sleep.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

“In reality, life interrupts the timeline all the time,” said Melissa Caro, founder of My Retirement Network.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

Alex then interrupts: Alex: I’m in the what?

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Once the AI interrupted my bossiness, I was able to stop pushing my solution, and instead, ask the questions that gave my friend the space to find her own answers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, George’s professional concentration is interrupted when he is assigned a new partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The action did not begin until 14:40 BST then was regularly interrupted until the players left the field for the final time at 17:08.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Love’s monologue is interrupted momentarily by beeps from his car and he says, “I’m in my new McLaren and it’s just real touch-and-go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Rather, they were interrupted by two pieces of urgent news.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The team then tested whether interrupting one of those inflammatory signals could reverse the problem.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

The IMF now expects global inflation to rise to 4.7% this year from 4.1% in 2025, interrupting a descent that had been under way since 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

A stroke in 2012 left him partially paralyzed, interrupting a busy acting career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Scientists say human behavior, including the unchecked burning of fossil fuels, is warming the global climate and interrupting weather patterns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

“What are you doing on my stage? You’re interrupting my rehearsal.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles