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interrupt

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


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It also raises a major question for future research: could restoring this essential sleep in people help interrupt the feed-forward loop associated with Alzheimer's disease?

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

The disruption can interrupt care and leave people saddled with medical bills they cannot afford.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

CS: Do you ever want to interrupt them to answer a question you overhear?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Interviewers should interrupt to scrutinise and to challenge, but in those interviews we are often doing it because we are running out of time.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

I pause outside her dressing tent, not at all sure I want to interrupt.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

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

From Science Daily Jun. 9, 2026

Every couple of minutes a recording in Farsi interrupts, saying: "This call is from Evin prison and the caller is a prisoner."

From BBC May 1, 2026

"Princess Charlotte takes the air every evening around this time. That's her Belle, Arabella," Rémy interrupts.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce was being interviewed on national broadcaster ABC on Monday night when he interrupted the one-on-one to shriek "sit down!"

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

If you’re an NFL or NBA fan and you’re worried the game isn’t going to be interrupted by a maddening, extended instant replay review, don’t worry: The World Cup has your ire covered.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

No. During that period in 2016 when we were at the Republican National Convention, they were livestreaming on the street, and I interrupted their livestream.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

In one viral clip, Bellingham interrupted an interview to plant a kiss on a smiling Haaland's cheek.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

He had no idea how long he had been reading when his concentration was interrupted by a pang of hunger shooting through his stomach.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

But they did not want the court itself interrupting or striking down Congress’ legislation.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Its government created the fiscal space necessary to cope with disaster, mobilize financing, and rebuild, without missing a beat on its debt service or interrupting the remarkable compression in its cost of borrowing.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Multiple times throughout the session, one caregiver unwittingly demonstrated this dynamic when his wife kept interrupting the conversation off-screen to say she was going to church even though it was a Saturday afternoon.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

"We need to tell everybody in New York that we know that they're celebrating, we want them to have a great time," said Dolan, interrupting Knicks player Josh Hart's news conference.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

“You don’t scare me,” she says, putting her hands on her hips, but before Miss Saunders can speak, here comes Tai, interrupting everything.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake




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