interrupter
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And as we’re questioning our long-held beliefs about “sink or swim” individualism and intellectual elitism, this is also an interrupter.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
“If all the violence interrupter is doing is canvassing the neighborhood three times a week, that’s not going to be enough. There needs to be more of a person-specific strategy,” Mr. Muhammad told The Times.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
He championed a law that created a multimillion-dollar violence interrupter program as a supplement to traditional policing and another that funded “baby bonds” that low-income children can cash in once they become adults.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
Towers, who works as a violence interrupter, said he and his colleagues face significant challenges in building trust with these communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
The Emperor of Austria is getting out of bed, apparently with the intention of inflicting dire punishment on the interrupter of his slumbers.
From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Frederic Taber Cooper
