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At Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, a software engineer in the company’s artificial intelligence division interrupted the event with a message: Stop allowing the Israeli military to use Microsoft’s AI products.
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Jordan Novet,hayden Field, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
But on this day, his routine was abruptly interrupted when authorities intercepted him.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The process was interrupted by the devastating L.A. fires, which impacted talent on multiple series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Nicola then interrupted Adams’ answer and launched into his own response.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Novet,hayden Field, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
But on this day, his routine was abruptly interrupted when authorities intercepted him.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The process was interrupted by the devastating L.A. fires, which impacted talent on multiple series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Nicola then interrupted Adams’ answer and launched into his own response.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupt
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The first hit is free, as per usual, and after the honeymoon period, ads will intrude into the Friends tab too.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Every local city should chip in to create a safe tent site somewhere in an unincorporated area that does not intrude on taxpaying citizens.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Chicago Bears - Will Campbell, OL, LSU Will Campbell has fallen a bit due to his shorter arm length, but that likely won't bother Ben Johnson.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Because Congress never bothered to write a law to establish it.—
Jay Cost,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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Musk, who has spearheaded efforts for mass layoffs and federal cuts in his DOGE leadership role, is the CEO of Tesla.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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The departmental presentation describes in detail how the agency plans to quickly carry out DOGE cuts in its $27 billion demonstrations office.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
4 Apr. 2025
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The International Energy Agency estimates that global data center energy use could rise by up to 128% by 2026, adding the equivalent of Sweden or Germany’s entire energy consumption to the global grid.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The trend first began in 2023 but has had a resurgence this year, adding thousands more videos to related Hozier and Kahan hashtags, each with hundreds of thousands of views.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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Other ads feature images of Harris and VP candidate Tim Walz interposed with post-apocalyptic scenes, and pictures of Walz and President Biden mashed up with images of prescription drugs spilling out of bottles.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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In Côte d’Ivoire, a civil war that began in 2002 led to the partition of the country, with a large UN force interposed between the two sides.—
Jon Western,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2011
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The group held a ceremonial ground breaking in 2020, and has been raising funds ever since.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2025
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As as Oklahoma and USC, which suffered the devastating break in JuJu Watkins’ knee injury, can attest, an opponent can only pick its poison against UConn now.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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