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Recent Examples of interrupt
Lifting the Lid While Cooking Releasing the steam interrupts the cooking process and throws off timing.
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Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026
But researchers like me are getting a clearer picture of how resistance develops and how it might be interrupted.
—Kwesi Akonu Adom Mensah Forson, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
The City of Oklahoma City predicted that there could be enough snow over the weekend to interrupt trash pickup on Monday.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 26 Jan. 2026
With Paisley in his ear, Bryan rudely interrupts Dylan to disparage Michigan and Illinois and whispers to Underwood about bench pressing.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
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Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026
But researchers like me are getting a clearer picture of how resistance develops and how it might be interrupted.
—Kwesi Akonu Adom Mensah Forson, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
The City of Oklahoma City predicted that there could be enough snow over the weekend to interrupt trash pickup on Monday.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 26 Jan. 2026
With Paisley in his ear, Bryan rudely interrupts Dylan to disparage Michigan and Illinois and whispers to Underwood about bench pressing.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
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The group also talks about how the event unfolded even as the real world intruded on the festival bubble, in the form of both news about Minnesota and a violent incident at Sundance itself.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
29 Jan. 2026
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Seoul and Pyongyang have been on edge over North Korea's accusation that South Korea intruded its airspace with drones in January and last September.—
Hakyung Kate Lee,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Zamiri doesn’t really bother filming fans rushing Charli’s car or whatever—this has been the quintessential mock-pop-doc scene since A Hard Day’s Night but these days the fans rush you online.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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Aquarius' biggest struggle in 2026 Don’t bother trying to control the outcome.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Officials say the district is planning for more budget cuts in the next school year, which plays a role in negotiations.—
Kara St. Cyr,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Market pricing now foresees fewer than two full quarter-point rate cuts in the cards for 2026, down from three in November.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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The looming departures add pressure to an industry already contending with 350,000 open positions — a shortfall that’s expected to grow in coming years as the nation ages.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The researchers stopped adding new data at specific points and let the model run forward on its own.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Reading more non-fiction like Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto reminded me how many forms books can takes with its short vignettes interposed with images.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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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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But despite the multi-year break in collider operations, several systems at Point 8 will continue to be cooled.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Police made a break in the case when footage captured a license plate as a car was broken into, Dulien said, and Newport Beach Police made an arrest in late December.—
Andrea Klick,
Oc Register,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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