without pause

idiom

: without pausing or stopping
He talked for over an hour without pause.

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The waves of our joys and calamities, both collective and personal, lap on the same shore, one after another, crashing over one another without pause. Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 Since then, Trump has softened slightly toward Zelensky, as Trump has grown frustrated that his charisma alone has not delivered an offramp for a brutal battle that has continued without pause, even amid Trump’s meetings with Putin and Zelensky. Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Aug. 2025 Lattanzi proudly said that Clairton has been his home his entire life, a statement everyone who lives here through good times and bad will repeat without pause. Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025 Optimize without pause, and sometimes without even thinking. Kathleen Walch, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025 Most Black women – 67% – have disengaged from the news entirely just to protect their peace—a striking act of self-preservation in a country that expects Black women to keep pushing without pause. Essence, 17 June 2025 The judge said Madigan was a good family man and a kind man, helping his neighbors without pause. Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025 Out for a walk, Lina ends up striding across a bridge and then, without pause, jumping into the churning river below. Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The timing linked the chain-link heel across coasts, running from daytime television to the docks of Venice without pause. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Without pause.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20pause. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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