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interruption

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


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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

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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