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interrupt

[in-tuh-ruhpt, in-tuh-ruhpt] / ˌɪn təˈrʌpt, ˈɪn təˌrʌpt /


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Crucially, they also discovered that exercise can interrupt the process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

But "we don't have the strength necessary to go and interrupt them", he insisted.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“If someone is rambling we will often interrupt and say what is the goal?” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Outside, the more than 1-acre property offers plenty of space and privacy, with no rear neighbors to interrupt its secluded feel.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

For that reason, he did not interrupt but nodded eagerly, encouraging her.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“That interrupts your experience, and it kind of takes you out of the moment,” said Emily Kennedy, a vice president of business development at a music agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

A phone call would be a lot worse mostly because it puts you on the spot and interrupts your day.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Olive starts talking about the spoons, but Henry interrupts her.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

His subsequent studies at Harvard Business School were interrupted by the outbreak of war in Korea, where he served for nine months as an Army patrol leader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They also performed experiments that blocked glucagon or GLP-1 signaling, surgically interrupted the vagus nerves below the diaphragm on both sides, and examined whether different dietary fats produced similar results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The judge then interrupted, reminding him that he was addressing an open court.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They were interrupted by an explosion that was so unexpected, Mother initially thought his ears were playing tricks on him.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

A child interrupting a meeting became, depending on the meeting, either completely understandable or still mortifying.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"After seeing how these two independent pathways intersect, we wanted to see if interrupting one could prevent their partnership in promoting SASP," said Adams.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 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

Wednesday’s debate was acrimonious almost from the beginning, with the two interrupting each other throughout the night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“No! No! Never! Never! You can’t ruin the show,” Houseman argued, blocking him from entering the studio and interrupting Welles.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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