without pause

idiom

: without pausing or stopping
He talked for over an hour without pause.

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Nights, which used to offer a reprieve with cooler conditions and higher humidity, do so less often, allowing fires to continue raging without pause. Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024 The words fumbled out of my mouth without pause, as if stopping would halt my momentum and propel me back into the closet. Jennifer Thuy Vi Nguyen, Longreads, 11 June 2024 The train drives on without pause along an express track with extended gaps between stations. Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024 Lake City has been pumping out ammunition almost without pause since 1941. Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023 These deaths were rising long before the recession began and continued to rise smoothly and without pause after the recession ended, in 2009. Anne Case, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2020 Even when some lawmakers began asking and, without pause, answering their own questions. WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023 In a 2021 report, Microsoft’s Human Factors Lab conducted a study that entailed 14 people to take breaks in between meetings, while another group went through several without pause. Essence, 12 Jan. 2023 While workups and inspections will tread upon other holidays without pause, Christmas stand-down is the lone pacific stretch — so long as one isn’t deployed. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 25 Dec. 2022

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“Without pause.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20pause. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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