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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

The higher the number, the less a team has been able to interrupt opposition spells of play.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

In the future, an irreducible function of AI will certainly be to monitor how people and governments around the world are using AI to identify and interrupt antisocial projects before they come to fruition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

As she pronounced these words, Mr. Darcy changed colour; but the emotion was short, and he listened without attempting to interrupt her while she continued:

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

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

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

From Science Daily Jun. 9, 2026

“In reality, life interrupts the timeline all the time,” said Melissa Caro, founder of My Retirement Network.

From MarketWatch May 14, 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

Look at how easily Alex interrupts the doctor—“I’m not ten.”

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

I used to meet interesting people in line, at the gym, on the walk home—in the small delays that interrupted my day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Once Wrobleski’s job was done, he paced in the dugout, interrupted once in a while by a hug or handshakes from a teammate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Penelope interrupted, for she did not want any mention of Simon’s presence to be overheard.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

Selling-price expectations eased across all business sectors, interrupting the steep upward trend seen in the last two months.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Moss waited then without interrupting, but as soon as the cameraman stopped rolling, the reporter spun around.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro




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