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


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Interviewers should interrupt to scrutinise and to challenge, but in those interviews we are often doing it because we are running out of time.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

“The coming IPO wave may dampen forward market returns, mute further multiple expansion, and possibly interrupt sector trends,” wrote strategists at BCA Research.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

To interrupt this cycle, the researchers designed and tested several experimental compounds in cell cultures and mice.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

But don’t worry … FS2 will carry that and it won’t interrupt the Belmont Stakes post-race coverage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

“Now what could be so important that you would interrupt dinner like this?”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

Millions of people worldwide live with obstructive sleep apnea, a common disorder that repeatedly interrupts breathing during sleep.

From Science Daily Jun. 9, 2026

“In reality, life interrupts the timeline all the time,” said Melissa Caro, founder of My Retirement Network.

From MarketWatch May 14, 2026

After observing Earl for a moment, Maslany attempts to keep the conversation going before Johnson interrupts: “I have to say, the dog is now growling at nothing. And it’s truly scary.”

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Every couple of minutes a recording in Farsi interrupts, saying: "This call is from Evin prison and the caller is a prisoner."

From BBC May 1, 2026

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

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

No. During that period in 2016 when we were at the Republican National Convention, they were livestreaming on the street, and I interrupted their livestream.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

I used to meet interesting people in line, at the gym, on the walk home—in the small delays that interrupted my day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"So, when someone rattles you, knocks you off your game, breaks your focus, you find yourself interrupted, paused, with changing disrupting rhythms."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Once Wrobleski’s job was done, he paced in the dugout, interrupted once in a while by a hug or handshakes from a teammate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The rat interrupted these painful questions with another: “Where’d your funny human eyeglass go, fox? You look horrible.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

But they did not want the court itself interrupting or striking down Congress’ legislation.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Its government created the fiscal space necessary to cope with disaster, mobilize financing, and rebuild, without missing a beat on its debt service or interrupting the remarkable compression in its cost of borrowing.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Multiple times throughout the session, one caregiver unwittingly demonstrated this dynamic when his wife kept interrupting the conversation off-screen to say she was going to church even though it was a Saturday afternoon.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

“You get to the point where it’d be pointless to the Iranians to close it because they wouldn’t be interrupting anything and they’d just be cutting themselves off.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

He remembered two black eyes, a low growl interrupting the stillness of the jungle.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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