interfere
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Gen. Todd Blanche last week said the Justice Department did not intend to interfere with elections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"We are in close contact with our American partners, including Mr. Musk, because it is crucial in orbit not to interfere with one another."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Putin added that it was important for Russia to be in contact with Musk so Rassvet and Starlink satellites do not "interfere with each other in orbit".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
These structures interfere with battery performance, while the protective layer surrounding the lithium can also become unstable.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Her lips purse, and she tilts her head as if to say, Do you wish to interfere and bring my wrath down upon yourself?
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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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
That tort takes place when a person intentionally interferes with another person’s lawful possession of movable personal property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A study published in 2025 in the Journal of Economic Entomology showed that bistrifluron, an insect growth regulator that interferes with the formation of a new exoskeleton, can kill western drywood termites with remarkable efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
One drug interferes with programs that promote an alternative cellular identity, while the other helps restore glandular gene activity that has been lost.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Many of the most distinguished research men in this field look with suspicion on any agent that damages the chromosomes, interferes with cell division, or causes mutations.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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It increased the consumption of energy-rich nutrients and interfered with the cellular machinery needed to develop new fat-storing cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Researchers led by Lancaster University have revisited a historical account of a train delayed in Exeter, England, when solar activity interfered with the railway's telegraph system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 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
A fan clad in a midnight-blue Yankees jacket had reached over the wall and interfered with the play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But then he’d felt them—felt the angry and furious eyes of the dead...Someone had interfered and saved her.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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Although the Carrington Event remains the most famous example from this period, evidence of solar activity interfering with electrical systems stretches back even further.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 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
Courtney-Grace believes allowing medical professionals access to familial history without interfering with data protection rules wouldn't just benefit adoptees, but the entire population.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Attorney Marina Z. Beck in her declaration accused Martinez of refusing to provide information to Berry about their son and his education, of interfering with their son’s therapy and of refusing to follow therapist recommendations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I know you celebrate together. I have zero intention of interfering with your traditions.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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