impede

Example Sentences

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It deploys natural and social scientific methods to understand what advances and what impedes human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal

After his arrest, prosecutors said they originally planned to charge Huerta with a federal felony offense of conspiracy to impede an officer, which can carry a maximum six-year sentence.

From Los Angeles Times

"As these seaweed accumulations grow taller and more widespread, they risk blocking hatchlings entirely, draining their limited energy or leaving them stranded. Beyond impeding movement, sargassum may also reduce nesting space and alter incubation conditions."

From Science Daily

Chaminda Karunaratne says cricket has been both a refuge and a way to prove that blindness cannot impede his sporting ambitions.

From Barron's

These results suggest that people’s inability to save what they want, more so than an inability to spend what they want, is impeding Americans’ financial happiness right now.

From MarketWatch