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


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The higher the number, the less a team has been able to interrupt opposition spells of play.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

In the future, an irreducible function of AI will certainly be to monitor how people and governments around the world are using AI to identify and interrupt antisocial projects before they come to fruition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 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

She doesn’t interrupt at first with words, but it is obvious she is on a new mission.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

A phone call would be a lot worse mostly because it puts you on the spot and interrupts your day.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

But a strict fealty to mimicking that relationship interrupts the conversation between modern and ancient sculpture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jun. 9, 2026

The intro choreography – where Chaewon interrupts her meditation for a sneaky dance – is trending on TikTok.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Look at how easily Alex interrupts the doctor—“I’m not ten.”

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

The match on Court One was twice interrupted by medical incidents in the crowd as temperatures reached 31C on Monday.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Los Robles officials said that staff, patients and visitors were safe and that medical care was not interrupted at the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Suddenly, your good time is interrupted by an elder pulling you aside and pushing you toward a paunchy, bespectacled sack lurking in a corner.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

“Number—” I asked the next caller, but a young-sounding voice interrupted before I could even finish the greeting.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Francisco Lermanda, a Chilean search-and-rescue worker, said that Venezuelan soldiers have constantly asked his team members for their documents while they are working, interrupting efforts to find survivors in the ruins of flattened buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

Waking up to a phone call at dawn was more jarring than an alarm clock interrupting my dream.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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