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interrupt

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


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When labor-management disputes interrupt baseball, many fans undoubtedly feel like they are victims of a squabble between “millionaires and billionaires.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Gulls managed to interrupt the BBC's interview with the Bank of England's chief cashier, Victoria Cleland, whose signature appears on its banknotes.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“Gate agents and flight crews are doing their very best. They can’t control weather, flight delays, mechanicals, and other things that interrupt our travel.”

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Many of them display puzzling fluctuations in brightness, brief increases in light that interrupt the expected smooth curve and hint that complex processes are unfolding within the expanding debris.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 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