interject
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The same principle applies in meetings: Bosses should hold back their opinions until others have spoken, and not interject even to express agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Both said they see Hunter starting as a cornerback, with Callahan adding: "Then you find ways to interject him into the offence as he gets more comfortable."
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
But so few interject a sense of play into our sleep habits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
"Quiet, please," he continued when Harris tried to interject, in seeming reference to her well-known response to former VP Mike Pence's interruptions during a 2020 debate.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024
There was hardly time for explanations, much less an argument, but I pattered on, leaving no room for him to interject.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Throughout our conversation, in fact, the pair chuckles, nods along to each other’s answers, interjects sounds of assent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"But she doesn't eat vegetables," her mother, Carmen, interjects.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“All of it’s been fluff,” Mr. Tisch interjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"Too many!" interjects Sandy, who was not thrilled about having to park far from the village centre just to go grocery shopping -- security is even more draconian with US President Donald Trump arriving Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
Wayne played the narrator, who at different points in the musical just sort of appears onstage and interjects commentary.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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“He didn’t say he hated Trump,” interjected his wife Lila Trask, 79, who thinks the teacher is sincere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
When he suggested that there was only one more senator left to ask questions, a staffer interjected to tell him—in words picked up by the mic—that several additional senators had time to speak.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
When the reporter interjected, “He started this one,” Mullin replied, “This isn’t a war.”
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Goncalves told reporters a bystander "stepped in and interjected" and "that's probably what led to a swift end of this tragic event".
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Super easy,” Delia interjected, shoving another forkful of cake in her mouth.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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But watching such interactions together, even if we are just interjecting the occasional comment as we sit shoulder-to-shoulder on the couch, makes a difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
There is a caveat, though, from a interjecting Hickey.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
Schiff’s most characterful work, though, was in the Rondo finale, in which he rendered the cadenza as a grander conclusion, interjecting the “Don Giovanni” chords, then layering the overture and the concerto in clever counterpoint.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
Describing the play of its favorite team while interjecting life lessons masquerading as baseball stories, Scully became a city’s eyes, its ears and its conscience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
Otherwise, she listened to her sister, interjecting periodically with whatever semirelevant detail popped into her head.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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