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interfere

[in-ter-feer] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər /


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The county has failed to provide evidence that the quarry owner’s reclamation plan wouldn’t substantially interfere with animals’ movement, wrote Kim Freeburn, an environmental program manager with the department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

What right does he have to interfere in speech that is not his?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

As senescent cells accumulate with age, they can contribute to chronic inflammation and interfere with normal tissue repair.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Industry lobbyists have argued that AM radio is no longer a widely used feature and say that it can interfere with the widening suite of technology installed in new vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The swarm of particles makes it difficult to get a measurement of the electron’s mass and charge, because the particles interfere with the measurement, masking the electron’s true properties.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

That binding interferes with transcription of the gene, either by disrupting the activity of RNA polymerase, the enzyme that produces RNA, or by preventing transcription factors from attaching to DNA.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz interferes with petroleum movement and fertilizer shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

And both have their reasons for rejecting science that interferes with their own interests.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

If investors conclude for themselves that having a high concentration of individual stocks interferes with their goals, they might forgo this approach.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

On Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said its cooperation with Iran has "always been conducted within the framework of international law and should not be interfered with or disrupted".

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Lin said: "Cooperation between China and Iran has always been conducted within the framework of international law and should not be interfered with or disrupted."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

But the new plan, issued in 2021, favored the ranchers, extending them 20-year leases, and allowed for the killing of elk if they interfered with cattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The researchers also found that PCAIs interfered with several biological processes that cancer cells depend on for survival.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

And whenever they appeared, the more they interfered with the other acts on the program the better the audiences liked them.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

McAteer, an up-and-coming Belfast DJ who has played at venues across Northern Ireland, including AVA Festival, said she had repeatedly experienced people entering the DJ booth or interfering with her set.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

A small interfering RNA drug, or siRNA, “turns off” specific genes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

But, she added, some things could be better managed to keep outside factors from interfering with matches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"We need to develop a safe drug" that blocks EP2 without interfering with earlier processes such as PGE2 production, Andreasson said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

She put the bracer on her left forearm, positioning it to keep her sleeve from interfering with her quick draw, but also to cover the tender inside.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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