Example Sentences

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When markets price crude oil, they must account for the risk that conflict, sabotage and terrorism will interrupt these flows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"Nobody and nowhere will be safe. Less food, water and space is a recipe for heightened conflict and instability, and increasingly extreme weather events will interrupt supply chains and food distribution systems."

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2024

“It depends on how long it goes, but obviously it will interrupt the writing process on the next ‘Fast’ movie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

“Recently I received some devastating news that I have been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a form of cancer that will interrupt my 2022-23 basketball season.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

“Nobody will interrupt us–and so I thought we could get down to grass roots and talk this thing out.”

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen