interrupted
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Five years later, the boy is played by Jackie Coogan and they are a team whose harmony is interrupted when the child becomes ill and mother re-enters the picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy abruptly interrupted his concert's chilled-out vibes to wade into a far less laid-back subject -- the coups in his country's unrest-riven Sahel neighbours.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The researchers examined whether the spiders displayed "sleep rebound," meaning they compensated for interrupted sleep by increasing their subsequent sleep.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
At one two-hour sermon he preaches messages of self-improvement to an emotional crowd of hundreds, interrupted occasionally for live music interludes and breaks to collect money with card machines.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Grandpa,” I interrupted, “did you say this fellow was a butterfly professor?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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