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interrupted

[in-tuh-ruhp-tid] / ˌɪn təˈrʌp tɪd /


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Travel insurance can be invaluable if your trip is interrupted or cancelled.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The interview was interrupted several times by weather and audio issues as torrential rain pounded the roof, making it difficult to continue the conversation.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Pelley interrupted Bilton soon after he started reading introductory remarks at the Monday meeting, according to people in attendance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“In the early stages of growth, before the appearance of the sporangia, the interrupted fern is easily confused with the cinnamon fern. Luckily, there are several ways the careful observer might tell them apart....”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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