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interrupt

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


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But "we don't have the strength necessary to go and interrupt them", he insisted.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

To borrow the nostrum attributed to Napoleon, the Chinese president is smart enough not to interrupt an opponent while he’s making a mistake.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Outside, the more than 1-acre property offers plenty of space and privacy, with no rear neighbors to interrupt its secluded feel.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Doesn’t try to interrupt the important observations or thinking time that the woods offer.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Transparency interrupts the vicious cycle where people think AI use is shameful, so they hide it; that secrecy makes everyone suspicious of everyone else, which only makes AI use seem even more shameful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

Mop interrupts us and takes the book out of my hand.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Justice Scalia interrupted him and said that while the Privileges or Immunities argument was “the darling of the professoriate,” it was contrary to a century of case law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

So now the talk has shifted to what happens if Michaels’ run is interrupted because, you know, something happens to him?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

He told me his Bitcoin origin story, which was occasionally interrupted by young boys asking him for an autograph.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Their broader goal was to determine whether those processes might be interrupted or reduced.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

She didn’t like to be interrupted when she was reading, even when I had to give her some medication.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The team then tested whether interrupting one of those inflammatory signals could reverse the problem.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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

Wednesday’s debate was acrimonious almost from the beginning, with the two interrupting each other throughout the night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Pharrell’s ad-libs and inserts interrupting the groove at perfect intervals to wake up the dancefloor.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Already it’s like I’m interrupting something, like I don’t belong here.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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