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Recent Examples of interrupt
The study found that younger individuals may be interrupted by their phones as often as every 9.5 minutes.
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Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
The balance lies in using these tools to enhance the story without interrupting or overshadowing authenticity.
—Colin Dougan, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
He’s interrupted by a Panera employee, snapping Briney out of his trance.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The latter interrupted the main event match, and that usually means all three men will wind up battling soon.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
The balance lies in using these tools to enhance the story without interrupting or overshadowing authenticity.
—Colin Dougan, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
He’s interrupted by a Panera employee, snapping Briney out of his trance.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The latter interrupted the main event match, and that usually means all three men will wind up battling soon.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
Verb
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At once a pragmatist and a romantic, Corry sometimes struggles to keep her scientific brain from intruding on moments of sensory abandon and unguarded feeling.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Then his work intrudes on their waterpark vacation.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There are many players who let criticism bother them, and that’s bad for you, your teammates and people around you.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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Passive-aggressive people rarely tell you exactly what’s bothering them.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That’s bigger than the cut of just over 4% during the same period a year ago as well as the 0.6% cut in 2023.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Even if water users develop new arrangements, the federal money for compensated conservation is unlikely to appear again, meaning the federal government may no longer absorb the financial impact of sustaining water cuts in Arizona’s largest population centers.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Elderflower plays nicely with the flavors in the cocktail, so adding a splash of elderflower liqueur or syrup is a really nice addition.—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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What else can the EFL do when UEFA adds a third European competition, the Conference League, in 2021, and then expands all three of its club competitions in 2024, adding extra games and teams?—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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More delays are planned for Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park Season 27 after two breaks in the first three weeks.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Someone breaks in, someone jams the signal from the home’s alarm system, someone monitors police radio traffic.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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