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Recent Examples of interrupt
The noise-cancelling setting ensures jam sessions won’t be interrupted by outside disturbances.
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Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The agency emphasized that activities required by law or vital to public safety will not be interrupted.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Cars can be heard speeding through downtown, interrupting diners at restaurants and residents who call the area home.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Anyone who’s had a peaceful fall day interrupted by the loud sound of a leaf blower is likely to have a little more affection for leaf rakes.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
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Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The agency emphasized that activities required by law or vital to public safety will not be interrupted.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Cars can be heard speeding through downtown, interrupting diners at restaurants and residents who call the area home.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Anyone who’s had a peaceful fall day interrupted by the loud sound of a leaf blower is likely to have a little more affection for leaf rakes.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
Verb
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To Dalio, that rhetoric is the hallmark of a late-stage debt cycle, before reality intrudes.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Married life has, in the past, come with the couple dealing with others intruding on their joint personal time — like those neighbors who made a noise complaint about them in 1999.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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But Bob Say, owner of Los Angeles’ Freakbeat Records, for one, isn’t all that bothered.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Suits were cut in graphic, razor-sharp and slightly boxy silhouettes, or slashed of their sleeves for tuxedo iterations to be worn as evening pieces over shimmering organza shirtdresses.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Stacy's torso was nearly cut in half, her throat was cut to her windpipe and her wrist was slashed to the bone.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
29 Sep. 2025
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MacLean added that Venezuelans with TPS who are currently in custody and lack any other form of protection will now face a serious risk of deportation.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Hershey’s Chocolate World also adds a layer of fall fun with trick-or-treating throughout the world’s largest candy store, character meet-and-greets, and new treats to try.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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This seemingly marks the first time Tom has publicly spoken about his engagement to his 29-year-old Marvel costar since the news broke in January that the longtime couple would be heading down the aisle.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Dodgers brainstormed different ways to handle the bye break in 2024 and obviously overcame it to win the World Series title – but only after falling behind two games to one in the National League Division Series against the Padres.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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