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impede

[im-peed] / ɪmˈpid /


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The big risk of screwworm spreading significantly within Texas is that it could substantially impede the growth of cattle herds, Maloni said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Convention on Privileges and Immunities, he can do so whenever “the immunity would impede the course of justice.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Likewise, Epstein saw #MeToo as a problem to be neutralized because the success of any social movement in which women were treated as reliable narrators of their own exploitation would impede his own racket.”

From Salon • May 23, 2026

“The shift away from tent-dwelling towards rough sleeping will impede strategies to resolve unsheltered homelessness,” the new report said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He was half tempted to go pick it for Trina, but he knew she’d scold him within an inch of his life if he dared impede the progress of the forest.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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