interrupting
Example Sentences
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But they did not want the court itself interrupting or striking down Congress’ legislation.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
A bird of prey which stops pigeons from interrupting play at Wimbledon treats the All England Club as "his playground", according to his handler.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Francisco Lermanda, a Chilean search-and-rescue worker, said that Venezuelan soldiers have constantly asked his team members for their documents while they are working, interrupting efforts to find survivors in the ruins of flattened buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
“Because I didn’t bring enough postcards of Pipo Place and because I didn’t defend him when people told him to be quiet in the hearing. But he was interrupting, you know? It was inappropriate!”
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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