without pause

idiom

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

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Then Atre and his friends would retire to their desks and go to work, focused, enthralled, relentless — ten, twelve, fourteen hours without pause — applying their energies to their various start-ups and inventions and business ideas. Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026 Indoors, however, there is no winter to slow their reproduction, and female aphids can continue to produce nymphs all year without pause. Jon Vanzile, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026 Someone in a manic episode might start spending large amounts of money, talking fast, or jumping from one project to the next without pause. Essence, 23 Oct. 2025 During this time, reservists continue to serve without pause. Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025 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 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 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

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“Without pause.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20pause. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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