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interrupt

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


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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

To borrow the nostrum attributed to Napoleon, the Chinese president is smart enough not to interrupt an opponent while he’s making a mistake.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 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

They understood each other’s rhythms and moods and no one else ever came in to interrupt that.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

She talks almost exclusively about herself, interrupts constantly and has an opinion about everyone, often an unflattering one.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“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 strangled sound interrupts the breathing, followed by a heavy sob.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

The book’s stories are interrupted with sidebars summarizing Mr. Meyers’s business beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

So now the talk has shifted to what happens if Michaels’ run is interrupted because, you know, something happens to him?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Arsenal and HB Koge were drawing 0-0 in the second half on Tuesday when coverage was interrupted.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He told me his Bitcoin origin story, which was occasionally interrupted by young boys asking him for an autograph.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Grandpa,” I interrupted, “did you say this fellow was a butterfly professor?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Shortly after 6am, an analyst at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations sees a series of sharp spikes interrupting the usually quiet wavy lines recorded by Yellowstone’s earthquake monitors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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

“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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