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Experts have said that doing so can expose children to unforeseen risks such as identity theft, fraud or impede their privacy as they grow up.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

“It does not obstruct or impede lawful federal immigration enforcement operations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

He pointed to "slowness, bureaucracy and norms that impede those who want to produce" as well as "decisions that we have put off."

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

His best asset before June was having a body big enough to impede opposing goaltenders’ vision in the crease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

As we shall see, many prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons, impede clear and graceful prose, and have been flouted by the best writers for centuries.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Johnson’s writing is luminously beautiful, her assiduous research never impedes the narrative, and the illustrations are spectacular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Ignoring those, they said, “stifles that debate and our ability to move forward as a nation,” and impedes healing.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Lord Pannick argued that adding VAT to their fees impedes their right to access education and the policy is "unprecedented" in all other Council of Europe states.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

At stated times, to get rid of this fraction, which impedes, and, if it is diffused over all the mass of our conduct, endangers us, was the object of the Children of Joy.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

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

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

Shelby County also impeded votes that were cast from translating into meaningful political power, especially at the local level.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

But they promptly filed a new misdemeanor case against Morrow and the other activist, alleging the pair impeded ICE officers and failed to follow their orders.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

The voice was faint and distorted, as though impeded by something like a bubble, some mucus in her throat.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Then Hamilton, after qualifying second, was dropped to fifth on the grid with a penalty for impeding Piastri.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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

Bottlenecks throughout the arms-production supply chain are impeding a manufacturing ramp-up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

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

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall