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interruption

[in-tuh-ruhp-shuhn] / ˌɪn təˈrʌp ʃən /


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Otsuki's management attributed the interruption of her performance on Friday to "unavoidable circumstances".

From BBC

At a meeting of the International Football Association Board's Football and Technical Advisory Panels in October, various measures to improve the flow of play and minimise interruptions were discussed.

From BBC

U.S. futures were up while global markets were mixed amid a fallout from trade interruption caused by an outage on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal

From there, the hosts - who had won four of the past five encounters with South Africa before Saturday - found only frustration in a first half littered with controversial moments and TMO interruptions.

From BBC

It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.

From The Wall Street Journal