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interrupt

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


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The latest research provides an explanation, revealing how changes in gut bacteria can set off a chain reaction that damages the liver and how DT-109 can interrupt that process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

This makes it significantly harder to interrupt the propagation of an AI-driven computer worm, because you have to anticipate all the possible vulnerabilities the devices might present.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But if that restraint withers, “there could be damage that would interrupt flows for a long time, even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely open,” said McNally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 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

Finally I figured I’d have to interrupt her, so I did.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 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

But a strict fealty to mimicking that relationship interrupts the conversation between modern and ancient sculpture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

“All right, everybody, calm down,” Principal Jenkins interrupts.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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

The first experiment involved playing a series of repeating tones, occasionally interrupted by a sound that differed from the others.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

"It's not working for the Broadway productions that are interrupted by loud noise blaring from pedicabs outside their theaters," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

For now, life on campus has been interrupted.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

She interrupted a séance to distribute the nuts to her hungry youngest daughters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

In January 2024, a landslide above the railroad sent soil and debris crashing onto the tracks at Mariposa Point, destroying the city’s pedestrian bridge and beach trail and temporarily interrupting rail service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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

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

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

“Calpurnia Tate, are we interrupting you?” she said.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly


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