interfere
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Albanese advises Bowen not to keep his phone next to his heart because "it can interfere with your rhythm".
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Puttnam, who has been involved with the school for over 50 years, said it was a "lovely job" to have and that he had tried never to interfere.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The new findings suggest that Alzheimer's mutations can interfere with this process directly, rather than affecting movement only through damage to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
Inflammation linked to cancer and its treatments may interfere with glutamate signaling, an important part of communication between nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
She is safe with Steve Mason’s gay cousin, and I am safe knowing that nobody else will interfere with this moment.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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The disease interferes with the body's ability to maintain healthy muscles, making effective repair especially important.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
If an enemy successfully interferes with the transmission of this information, it can cause problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Using experiments involving mice and human cells, the researchers discovered a previously unrecognized process that interferes with the liver's ability to clear cholesterol.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Soto-Martínez’s office said enforcement under the city ordinance interferes with efforts to move unhoused residents into housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Still, no one interferes when she guides the trio into an examination room to assess their injuries.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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These structural changes interfered with the interactions between immune cells that are necessary to activate T cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
When chlorpyrifos interfered with this cleanup system, damaged material accumulated inside neurons, contributing to their deterioration.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
A jury in Massachusetts’ Suffolk County Superior Court on Friday said that Sabatini proved that Knouse defamed him, and that she interfered with his work contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The men behind Gatalog and its sister site, CtrlPew, went to federal court in Orlando, Fla., to try to block that assertion, saying California’s suit interfered with their constitutional rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
We could not hear what Captain Mackay read of him; the damp wind interfered with the oration.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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I didn’t want anything interfering with what I wanted to do or where I needed to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Over time, these defective proteins accumulate, placing stress on cells and interfering with their ability to function properly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
“We’re interfering with the cell’s recycling machinery that’s important in all of our healthy cells,” said Dr. Julie Gralow, chief medical officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
This occurs when blood supply to the front portion of the optic nerve becomes insufficient, potentially damaging the nerve and interfering with vision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Remarkably, the phenomenon was proved in 1997 when physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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