interrupt
Example Sentences
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When labor-management disputes interrupt baseball, many fans undoubtedly feel like they are victims of a squabble between “millionaires and billionaires.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Since then, there has been a measurable increase in "artists voluntarily choosing to interrupt their own performances," according to the 2023 European Festival Report.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Many of them display puzzling fluctuations in brightness, brief increases in light that interrupt the expected smooth curve and hint that complex processes are unfolding within the expanding debris.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
In the era of Ozempic and clean eating, the menu is kept simple; servers don’t have to interrupt diners’ conversations to offer a lengthy description.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Obediently, Penelope extracted the letter from her pocket and read: “‘Auditions may not interrupt the dancers’ educations.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing interrupt
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Lesson 1
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