impede
Example Sentences
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Brussels attempts to impose rule-of-law strictures that would impede, say, corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Antidebt crusaders, like the personal-finance radio host Dave Ramsey, have been speaking for years about how paying thousands of dollars in interest can seriously impede a family’s ability to make progress on their other goals.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The Fed has some tools to impede the economy from melting up or down.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
But for Day, the recommendations are frustrating and impede his independence.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The bundle rolled forward unchecked, as if the hounds did not impede it at all.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing impede
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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