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
However, for a criminal suspect on trial to interject and instruct a witness not to answer a prosecutor's question during cross-examination is something nearly unheard of in a court.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
When Jeremiah Watkins heard someone in the audience interject, “What about trains?” the comedian welcomed the chance to riff.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 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
“I’m sure there would,” I interject, “he was against it from the first.”
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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