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They expressed some caution on whether moving so much conversation into a documented, public space could inhibit people’s willingness to share early ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

After a fire, heavy metal particles can spread through ash and smoke over gardens and inhibit growth, said Olukayode Jegede, an agricultural toxicologist and assistant professor at UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Under normal circumstances, Purkinje cells inhibit deep nuclei cells.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

US forecasters have already predicted a "below normal" Atlantic hurricane season as stronger upper-level winds can inhibit storm development.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Their role was to act as agents provocateurs, and they would attempt to push us around, take our food, and inhibit any political discussions we tried to have.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

To test whether that approach might work, the scientists gave otherwise normal 22-month-old mice an experimental drug that inhibits EP2 for two months.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Too much bracken inhibits the growth of the dog violet, the food source for the caterpillars.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

IL-6 also inhibits mitochondria, the parts of a cell that generate energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The massive share of China’s CPU market that Intel and AMD have enjoyed for decades inhibits the development of Chinese alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

In temperature inversions, air movement is inhibited—the cold air can't rise and the warm air doesn’t fall—which in turn inhibits rainfall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“An alien mind,” to borrow Mr. Pachocki’s phrase, is capable of decision-making a lot less haphazard, inhibited and contradictory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Oversharing policy deliberations and overcommitting to future decisions can lead markets, businesses, and households astray," he said, adding it also inhibited the Fed the "freedom to make the right calls when it's time to decide".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Among other things, scientists involved in the case claim that the practice of gene patenting has inhibited their research, and they aim to stop it.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The results suggest that selectively inhibiting cPLA2 may represent a promising strategy for treating neurodegenerative disorders.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

The drug works by inhibiting RAS proteins that promote tumor growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Their results indicated that despite inhibiting these ammonia oxidizers -- mostly archaea that are abundant in the dark ocean -- the rate of carbon fixation in the study areas didn't drop as much as expected.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025

The drug works by inhibiting what’s called Factor XIa, which can lead to blood clotting.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot