interfere
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Such regions may become especially significant when mutations interfere with normal cellular activity and contribute to cancer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The research team had previously shown that drugs known as BET bromodomain inhibitors can interfere with pathways that allow prostate cancer cells to activate alternative identity programs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
And I never allow anything to interfere with me when I am playing that game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
If that scarring becomes severe, it can interfere with the organ's ability to function and may eventually contribute to liver failure, liver cancer or death.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Waves interfere in this way; particles do not.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz interferes with petroleum movement and fertilizer shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And both have their reasons for rejecting science that interferes with their own interests.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
If investors conclude for themselves that having a high concentration of individual stocks interferes with their goals, they might forgo this approach.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
If the weather interferes with your chances of seeing the Strawberry Moon tonight, do not worry as there are more opportunities to see full Moons this summer.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
If, however, something destroys this enzyme or interferes with its action, the person exposed to malathion receives the full force of the poison.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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As chatbots become active agents in the world, they will seek not to be interfered with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
On Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said its cooperation with Iran has "always been conducted within the framework of international law and should not be interfered with or disrupted".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
But the new plan, issued in 2021, favored the ranchers, extending them 20-year leases, and allowed for the killing of elk if they interfered with cattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
This includes the area of the player's intended swing - which DeChambeau was found to have interfered with.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“You did as anyone would have—should have done. If you’d interfered, I would have been disqualified.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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A small interfering RNA drug, or siRNA, “turns off” specific genes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
But, she added, some things could be better managed to keep outside factors from interfering with matches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The result indicates that two electronic channels are interfering with one another rather than simply fading in the standard way.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
For those of us in the United States, our job is to stop our government from interfering.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Peruvian government’s clinics and doctors, who had never warmed to Socios en Salud, began characterizing the organization as a group of interfering outsiders.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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