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[in-tuh-ruhpt, in-tuh-ruhpt] / ˌɪn təˈrʌpt, ˈɪn təˌrʌpt /


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“If someone is rambling we will often interrupt and say what is the goal?” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Outside, the more than 1-acre property offers plenty of space and privacy, with no rear neighbors to interrupt its secluded feel.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

To borrow the nostrum attributed to Napoleon, the Chinese president is smart enough not to interrupt an opponent while he’s making a mistake.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The findings suggest that although volcanic eruptions can temporarily interrupt the connection between the two ocean basins, the modern breakdown appears to be driven by a different force.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

“I am afraid I interrupt your solitary ramble, my dear sister?” said he, as he joined her.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

She talks almost exclusively about herself, interrupts constantly and has an opinion about everyone, often an unflattering one.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“That interrupts your experience, and it kind of takes you out of the moment,” said Emily Kennedy, a vice president of business development at a music agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Their crunch interrupts the softness of the turkey, cheese and sauces; their salt seasons the sandwich; and their pucker sharpens the lemon mayo and smoky-sweet romesco.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Fewer fires, it said, "interrupts a sequence of years of fire expansion and returns the country to a historically lower level of burned area."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Ms. Fleming interrupts my counting of the 3rd paragraph.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

The Oscars are headed to YouTube in 2029, as ABC passed on renewing its rights deal, ending a relationship that dates back to 1961, interrupted only by a five-year return to NBC in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

They also performed experiments that blocked glucagon or GLP-1 signaling, surgically interrupted the vagus nerves below the diaphragm on both sides, and examined whether different dietary fats produced similar results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

"It's not working for the Broadway productions that are interrupted by loud noise blaring from pedicabs outside their theaters," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Yuliia Ponomarenko, 27, a marketing specialist from Kharkiv, found her journey to Warsaw last month suddenly interrupted just short of the Ukraine-Poland frontier.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

My thoughts were interrupted by a chattering sound.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

A child interrupting a meeting became, depending on the meeting, either completely understandable or still mortifying.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The IMF now expects global inflation to rise to 4.7% this year from 4.1% in 2025, interrupting a descent that had been under way since 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

A stroke in 2012 left him partially paralyzed, interrupting a busy acting career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Scientists say human behavior, including the unchecked burning of fossil fuels, is warming the global climate and interrupting weather patterns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Behind me, I hear Chloe interrupting and saying, “Please, please—this guy Buddy...”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson


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