impede
Example Sentences
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Some experts who have responded to major fires said it’s important to note that the nature of such fires can impede decision-making, particularly at night and without aerial surveillance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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
Fed minutes will do nothing to impede the march higher in yields, said Andrew Hollenhorst, U.S. chief economist at Citi.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Barrett said he’s not sure that the wells have actually sustained that much damage, but it’s one of many unknowns that could impede the oil market’s comeback.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
There was nothing to impede them this time, and Malcolm brought the canoe into a side street away from the main flood, where it was a little quieter.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing impede
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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