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On the north and west sides of the blaze, bulldozers and ground crews built defensive lines to impede the fire’s spread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Any delays or setbacks to Starship could impede planned growth across SpaceX’s businesses, analysts say, and those represent a very real possibility.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, “Secretary Hegseth ensured his message was aligned with the president’s objectives and agenda, and he did not want to impede upon the president’s decision space.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

With nothing to impede it, Monte Alban swept out and established a domain of almost ten thousand square miles.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

State and federal agencies don’t track data around vitamin K injection refusal or subsequent bleeding, which impedes their ability to quantify and track outcomes, including death.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Arctic ice impedes airborne submarine detection that works in other oceans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

This is partly due to the leaderless nature of these demonstrations, which on the one hand helps protesters evade clampdowns - but also impedes long-term decision-making.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

After forging ahead a little in the study of narcistic neuroses we always seem to come to a wall which impedes progress.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Rubli tried to push back, but her therapist framed her concerns as blind spots that impeded healing, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Because we all know what that means: In history written by the victors, the Luddites impeded technological progress, attempted to halt innovation, and were soundly defeated by the Industrial Revolution.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The United States said Wednesday it will delist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decades-old designation that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Crucially, he did so in a way which impeded the goalkeeper from being able to claim or play the ball.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Africa’s north-south axis also seriously impeded the spread of livestock.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

He missed pole by just 0.012 seconds and raced strongly, yet impeding Piastri in qualifying and speeding in the pit lane turned a potential podium into fifth.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Roads around the devastated Caribbean coastal towns were clogged with bumper-to-bumper traffic, impeding first responders and the heavy machinery needed to move rubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Over the years, the number of cars parking near the bridge — often illegally, sometimes impeding emergency vehicles — has risen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

He stood in front of the door, impeding Juanita’s progress.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall