as in to interrupt
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Making progress: Remember the story of the footballers who had their dreams interrupted by the Taliban?—
Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
13 May 2025 -
During the broadcast Hudson interrupted a question about their relationship, leading to backlash and discourse over her role in the coach’s professional life.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
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It’s thought that freezing and discontinuing funding to the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) since January 24, may have already led to more than 4,800 child deaths.—
Niamh Rowe,
Quartz,
8 May 2025
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Officials in President Donald Trump's administration announced during a meeting on Monday at the EPA's Office of Atmospheric Protection that the office would be dissolved and the Energy Star program discontinued.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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Trump in January suspended the decades-old refugee program.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The company suspended service due to a possible strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers rail workers union, which is seeking a labor contract for the transit agency’s locomotive engineers.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
17 May 2025
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But the information that has been dispersed online about this change may not have included the entire picture, and may have even been unintentionally misleading or confusing.—
Parents,
Parents,
9 May 2025
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In the background of one video on social media, a voice could be heard over a loudspeaker telling protesters to disperse.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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Kloeckner adjourned the parliamentary session to allow the parties to decide how to proceed.—
Kirsti Knolle,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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That debacle aside, lawmakers will work to finish up final votes and procedural work before adjourning by the end of the day.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
7 May 2025
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Therefore the May revise, as it’s dubbed, is likely to contain even more expedient fixes that may postpone the day of fiscal reckoning until Newsom’s governorship ends two years hence but will continue to plague his successor and the Legislature.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Weather or unforeseen circumstances could postpone the closures, the releases state.—
Gael Langdon,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2025
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The officers were all part of the force’s controversial SCORPION unit – created to tackle rising crime in the city and disbanded amid national outcry and allegations of pervasive policing abuses following Nichols’ death.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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At a time in America when our institutional safety nets are being disbanded and the burden to support each other often comes down to individual efforts, Charlie’s struggle feels all the more apt.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 May 2025
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And when Ohtani became a free agent, Moreno could have said yes to the same terms the Dodgers did — 10 years, $700 million, with all but $20 million deferred.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Commissioners deferred the vote on the plan to June 9 over landscaping concerns.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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“Intermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermit. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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