as in to interrupt
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Microsoft’s 2025 Work Trend Index reported employees interrupted by a meeting, email or notification every two minutes on average (roughly 275 times a day), and nearly half of employees surveyed describe their work as chaotic and fragmented.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026 -
These cycles stretch for hours, interrupted only by meal times and occasional group check-ins.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2026
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About 15 years ago, Kleinfeld’s took a stab at menswear by doing custom suits and tuxedos, but discontinued the business after only about 18 months.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Other EVs that made the KBB list include the 2026 Ford F-150 Lightning for best electric truck (which is now discontinued until an extended range EV version arrives) and 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 for best EV.—
Sasha Lekach,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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After initially suspending the hospital from receiving stroke patients last summer, Schultz in October revoked its designation entirely as a stroke-neurology receiving center, one of nine in the county.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Days later, the Coast Guard suspended its search.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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Some officers then deployed pepper balls, dispersing the crowd.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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In a unique marketing strategy, the studio printed four different postcards — each showing one of the core stars in the first looks at the characters — that were dispersed throughout the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts for students to find.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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The trial adjourned for the day, with Rowe telling Williams to think over his decision to fire his attorneys.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Peres Magalhães, the only witness to take the stand Wednesday, finished her testimony before the trial adjourned for the day.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The New Year's Day Evergreen plunge had to be postponed and is now scheduled for March first.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Drugs used to postpone puberty, counseling and meeting with other kids experiencing the same feelings helped tame the turmoil.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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Relations between the three soured in 2021 and following Rooney’s DUI arrest that September, the group quietly disbanded.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
24 Jan. 2026
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After the war, these programs were largely disbanded.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Just as financial advisors recommend deferring enough into a 401(k) plan to benefit from your employer's full matching contribution, there is no reason to pass this free money up.—
Jessica Dickler,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Its frequent cost overruns, spending beyond budgets and failure to defer and mitigate spending when possible mean higher rates.—
David S. Lapp,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Intermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermit. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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