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interfere

[in-ter-feer] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər /


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Her mother Ann wanted to be around to support her daughter and look after her grandchildren, but worried Mair would see her as trying to "interfere".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court the project is already 65% complete and argued that stopping construction would interfere with security improvements at the White House.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

It added that the technology does not interfere at all with heart activity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Lots could interfere with the economy unfolding the way the stock market seems to hope.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“No, he won’t, he’s so tired he will soon drop off and then the matter is settled, for he will understand that he has got to mind. Don’t interfere, I’ll manage him.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

They found that the molecule interferes with a signaling process involved in inositol phosphate metabolism, leading to lower levels of a molecule known as IP6.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

The antibody is designed to bind to proteins on the surface of the virus, which interferes with its ability to get inside human cells.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 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

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

Speaking to Reuters, Kusinas added he unintentionally interfered with Muluh's and other athletes' attempts because he was tired after his duties at the event.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Those green ecosystems are far different from California’s; our neighbor’s fires generally arise in massive boreal forests, which do not have debris or brush concerns because they’ve never been logged or otherwise interfered with.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2026

Those studies similarly found that disrupting sensory regions of the brain interfered with the ability to learn and retain new motor skills.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

The guardian whom McAuliffe suspected of killing his grandmother was a prominent attorney working for the tribe who never interfered with the criminal networks operating under his nose.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

He does not want federal judges interfering in the redistricting process, not even to prioritise black Americans like himself.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“We have no interest in interfering with the U.S. elections and have never done so.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Such a strategy might block harmful fibrotic signaling without broadly interfering with serotonin's many essential functions elsewhere in the body.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

This past weekend’s “CBS Sunday Morning” featured a segment from national security correspondent David Martin about the Department of Defense interfering with the editorial independence of Stars & Stripes, the military newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

We’re barred from altering it in any way or interfering with the players.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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