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hiatus
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BoneMan's Daughters
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But three weeks ago his hiatus had been dramatically interrupted by a single photograph, like a flash grenade that had been dropped into his world.†
Chpt 14 *

hiatus = gap in time without activity
Within the day of stumbling across the girl, Alvin knew that his hiatus was over.†
Chpt 14
REBELS STRIKE MILITARY BASE IN SOMALIA, KILLING 34 U.S. TROOPS...STOCK MARKET GAINS 312 POINTS ON NEWS OF HOUSING REBOUND...KILLER KNOWN AS BONEMAN TAKES ANOTHER VICTIM AFTER TWO-YEAR HIATUS...CHINA...But Ryan's mind was locked on the story that had just rolled off the screen.†
Chpt 17

Definitions:

(1) (hiatus)
a gap in time (when there is no or less activity)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, hiatus can have these specialized meanings:
- linguistics: the pause when adjacent vowels are in adjacent syllables -- as in reality
- anatomy: an opening, gap, or split -- such as the aortic hiatus or a hiatal hernia