interruption
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"I hope we will get electricity for 24 hours without interruption, as the plant is near my house."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
But with the domestic season just starting to get interesting, fans tend to bemoan the interruption - no matter the length - and long for the return of club football.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
A friendly cold call could be viewed as yet another interruption, and a demanding one.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
This too is vaulted, the surfaces above gliding without interruption to the floor; the sense of spatial freedom is contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Min’s interruption could hardly have been more abrupt, but the curt words swept over Tree-ear like cool rain over a parched field.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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They aren’t exciting, but they’re a decent bulwark against the kind of “exciting” we’ve been living through, with brief interruptions, for a decade now.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
Amid the interruptions, the chair briefly suspended the session and instructed both countries' representatives to return to their places.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
No phones for the duration, or talking, singing or other interruptions once the needle hits vinyl until the very last track finishes.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
They said there were unavoidable interruptions in the provision of a dedicated support worker and that Dawson Housing accepted communications with her fell below the standard expected.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Once she got started on a story, she did not acknowledge interruptions.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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