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Recent Examples of interrupt
To interrupt annual carpenter bee colonization of wood, seal existing holes in late summer and paint any unfinished or weathered wood (or replace pieces that are full of galleries).
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Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
And people here don’t like when the press conference gets interrupted.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Across parts of the political right and the tech world alike, psychedelics are increasingly framed as transformative molecules capable of resetting trauma, interrupting addiction, or optimizing the brain.
—Dimitri Mugianis, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
In 2024, the parade of more than 5,000 participants was interrupted when shots were fired on the parade route.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
And people here don’t like when the press conference gets interrupted.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Across parts of the political right and the tech world alike, psychedelics are increasingly framed as transformative molecules capable of resetting trauma, interrupting addiction, or optimizing the brain.
—Dimitri Mugianis, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
In 2024, the parade of more than 5,000 participants was interrupted when shots were fired on the parade route.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
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There are worse things that could happen than Jimmy Fallon intruding upon your life in the game and being forced to adapt to that.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Nor does factfinding suggest that the court wishes to intrude in the decisionmaking of the Executive Branch.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Apr. 2026
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With Minnesota viewing them as soft, the Nuggets hardly seem bothered by the criticism.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Fuqua and Logan can’t be bothered to figure it out.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget bombshell last year, stunning the city workforce by proposing widespread layoffs and other cuts in a bid to erase a $1-billion spending gap.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the Cold War analogy cuts in both directions.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Chopped nuts would add nice crunch.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Apr. 2026
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Rickard Rakell has scored 10 goals and added three assists over the last 10 games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Objects interposed between subjects and the camera hint at the quest for clarity through the intervening years.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Trump Administration saw Amodei as arrogant and intractable, and would not abide a private company, regardless of how good its product might be, interposing itself in the chain of military command.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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Samuelsson’s stick had broken in front of his own net and Arvidsson pounced.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Students spend two total hours total on the AI program to start the day, with some breaks in between.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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