impede

Egotism reigns in our modern world, and only those brave enough to stand up to it can impede its rule.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

They are required to not impede access to counsel.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

Cassidy also said he was reluctant to impede the department's work fighting violent crime.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

He had willed it into existence in his characteristic way, fast and without faultfinding inspectors to impede his vision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Kendra shoved past Seth and jerked the window shut in time to impede the entrance of a coldly beautiful woman swathed in writhing black garments.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

A leitmotif of the book is the author’s slow discovery that the internet connection she needs to pull off the single-handed race impedes her ability to enjoy fully what she’s seeing and achieving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Experts have told The Times, humidity impedes the body’s ability to cool itself naturally, because the moist atmosphere doesn’t allow for sweat to evaporate as easily, causing you to continue to get warmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

"This in no way impedes the democratic transition," added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

This impedes renters’ ability to save and build wealth, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

It sticks about their sides like treacle on a fly's wing; collecting unequally, it destroys all equilibrium, and impedes the efforts of the steersman.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

The loss of both circuits impeded controllers’ ability to communicate with airplanes, prompting the FAA to expand the ground stop to New York’s other two major airports, John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Senne Lammens: Made a mess of a routine ball into the box, although he had been impeded by Dewsbury-Hall.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The court ruling, issued on Monday, said ministry guidelines were already in place to ensure "unobstructed" elephant corridors, but those routes have often been impeded.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

The board singled out the persistent bombing of German oil and communications facilities as a factor that impeded the resupply of the Nazi tank army.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

But the hill was treacherously steep; he was impeded by the snow and his own lack of strength.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

Leclerc and Hamilton will start third and fourth after McLaren's Oscar Piastri was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Red Bull's Liam Lawson.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Two separate cases of the cars impeding traffic, in 2024 and 2025, were dismissed through plea bargain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Most of Uminer’s books were shelved and weren’t impeding entrances and exits.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Under Essayli, federal prosecutors in L.A. have aggressively charged protesters with assaulting and impeding the actions of immigration agents, filing more than 100 cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bud could see the helmsman wrestling with the wheel, trying to get the vessel to turn to starboard, but clearly there was something impeding the propeller.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman