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Recent Examples of interrupt
Heim charged back to fourth in the running order but lost all his progress when the sixth caution — for Frankie Muniz’s spin into the infield grass — interrupted the cycle of green-flag stops on Lap 97.
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Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
The skit actually opened with an SNL tradition: Cast members appearing with their mothers, only to be interrupted by Trump.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 May 2025
Is a beautiful bride and a handsome groom having their lovely wedding interrupted by another handsome man standing up and professing his love for the beautiful bride, and then handsome man and beautiful bride running away together memorable?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Jeff Probst has to interrupt his own challenge-winning call.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 May 2025
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Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
The skit actually opened with an SNL tradition: Cast members appearing with their mothers, only to be interrupted by Trump.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 May 2025
Is a beautiful bride and a handsome groom having their lovely wedding interrupted by another handsome man standing up and professing his love for the beautiful bride, and then handsome man and beautiful bride running away together memorable?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Jeff Probst has to interrupt his own challenge-winning call.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
Verb
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There is, however, disagreement among conservatives about whether Trump is overreaching — intruding into a matter that should be left to more local authority.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Just such a breakdown had occurred in Vietnam and Burma in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when colonial authorities began to intrude into peasant life, privatizing village lands, forests, and fisheries and introducing a multitude of punishing taxes.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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That doesn’t mean the implication doesn’t bother him.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Or Xander Schauffele, the defending PGA champion who is surely not bothered by the lack of attention on him early this week.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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According to Fed Fund Futures tracked by CNBC, the chances of a Fed cut in July have moved from 69% to 42% after the agreement.—
Frank Holland,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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Since the season began, Homa has played in 10 events, missing the cut in five of them.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Warehouse workers roam the aisles, keeping tabs on the inventory, adding and pulling a menagerie of unusual and valuable bottles.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Meanwhile, the Pelicans, who are now owned by Gayle Benson, have since added another zero to their valuation: Forbes estimates the team is worth $3.05 billion.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
10 May 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
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Such a note, seemingly interposed at random, echoes Whitman and DeFeo.—
David L. Ulin,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Sep. 2023
Verb
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The weather service said there will be a break in storm activity later in the morning, but by mid- to late afternoon, another wave of showers and thunderstorms is expected to push through.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2025
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Dior’s high jewelry campaign is set to break in May on the brand’s website, social media channels as well as print and digital media globally.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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