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also interruptor
as in heckler
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Recent Examples of interrupter
Research suggests violence interrupters and deterrence programs can help reduce homicides, nonfatal shootings and violent crime in cities, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
What will happen to the interrupters once federal funding ends?
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
Introduce Proactive 'Bias Interrupters' Leaders can tackle unconscious bias behaviors in themselves and their organizations by introducing bias interrupters.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Body cam footage was released last night showing the fatal shooting of a violence interrupter by D.C. police earlier this month.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
What will happen to the interrupters once federal funding ends?
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
Introduce Proactive 'Bias Interrupters' Leaders can tackle unconscious bias behaviors in themselves and their organizations by introducing bias interrupters.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Body cam footage was released last night showing the fatal shooting of a violence interrupter by D.C. police earlier this month.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupter
Noun
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New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.—
Jillian Sykes,
CNN,
4 Nov. 2024
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Sign up As omnivorous eaters, an unchecked population of stoats also poses a threat to mice, rabbits, hedgehogs and birds, including Orkney's population of curlews and hen harriers.—
Abby Wilson,
theweek,
1 Nov. 2024
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Rockstar then packed the world with everything from skydiving and harrier jets to trucking — all within a 6×6 kilometer map, a step up from the 4×4 kilometers for GTA III and Vice City.—
Ade Adeniji,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2024
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From Mesopotamian mythologies to Y2K narratives and beyond, people have long been telling tales about the end—floods, comets, plagues, and now nuclear annihilation, rogue A.I., and, yes, more plagues.—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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The deadly deal with the devil — or in this case, vampire — unleashes a plague on the couple’s village in this remake of the 1922 German Expressionist classic.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Severe infections may include aches, headaches, elevated fever, lethargy, rashes, and blood in the urine or stool.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Later symptoms include severe headaches, joint stiffness and swelling, pain, and other rashes.—
Jennifer Welsh Published,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Interrupter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupter. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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