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Recent Examples of interrupt
Another of Soliman’s attorneys interrupted when the immigration officer said the Brotherhood had been a Tier III group since 2012.
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Fixed a bug where Guardian's Wings of Salvation Ultimate Art could be deflected and interrupted.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
When the material is loaded up with pain killers and/or anti-inflammatory drugs, they would be released as the hydrogel softens, interrupting the pain pathway and bringing relief to patients.
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
With its quick charge feature, 10 minutes of charging restores about five hours of playback time, which means that you won't be interrupted.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Fixed a bug where Guardian's Wings of Salvation Ultimate Art could be deflected and interrupted.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
When the material is loaded up with pain killers and/or anti-inflammatory drugs, they would be released as the hydrogel softens, interrupting the pain pathway and bringing relief to patients.
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
With its quick charge feature, 10 minutes of charging restores about five hours of playback time, which means that you won't be interrupted.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
Verb
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And yet, this same reliance on sound that makes their communication so spectacular, leaves them especially vulnerable to anthropogenic noise intruding into their environment.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Work wants to intrude on my window into the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The women were too busy cooking, crafting, and caring for the family to bother with the stone tools used by men in hunting and building.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cable cuts in the Red Sea briefly disrupted Microsoft’s Azure service.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, found that the very layers meant to block harmful outputs – like pornography or step-by-step weapon guides – are often the first to be cut in the name of efficiency.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Testing in a model plant The team added the McG cycle genes to Arabidopsis thaliana, a small weed often used in plant research.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Vengathattil added that hospitals do not need to wait years to see the benefits.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nathan sought to interpose himself in sensitive deals despite his lack of experience.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Other ads feature images of Harris and VP candidate Tim Walz interposed with post-apocalyptic scenes, and pictures of Walz and President Biden mashed up with images of prescription drugs spilling out of bottles.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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At left guard and left tackle, the offense is breaking in a second-year player who’s a former tackle and a rookie in San Diego’s Josh Simmons, who last played a regular-season game in October.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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As Daniel lies unconscious and broken in a hospital bed, the doctors warn Laura and her husband, Howard (Waleed Zuaiter), that their son probably won’t make it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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