interfere
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On Wednesday, the High Court of Australia quashed the reduced sentence, ruling it was "not open" to the Court of Appeal to "interfere" with the original decision.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Once inside the brain, these particles can interfere with communication between brain cells, weaken immune protection, and encourage amyloid proteins to accumulate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ramirez was detained for five days and charged with trying to assault a federal officer and interfere with their work — a case that went nowhere because he did no such things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
SL Green expects this project to be completed in 2029, and doesn’t forecast this stop-work order to interfere with that timeline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“You cannot interfere with his work,” Hector says.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
They said that caffeine could affect the results, and gel interferes with the electrodes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
This interaction blocks gene transcription and interferes with the activity of RNA polymerase or transcription factors.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
“Because the Constitution gives the federal government exclusive authority over foreign affairs and the conduct of wars, federal law preempts all state law that substantially interferes with the Government’s exercise of those powers,” Alito wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
If, however, something destroys this enzyme or interferes with its action, the person exposed to malathion receives the full force of the poison.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Speaking to Reuters, Kusinas added he unintentionally interfered with Muluh's and other athletes' attempts because he was tired after his duties at the event.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Those green ecosystems are far different from California’s; our neighbor’s fires generally arise in massive boreal forests, which do not have debris or brush concerns because they’ve never been logged or otherwise interfered with.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Those studies similarly found that disrupting sensory regions of the brain interfered with the ability to learn and retain new motor skills.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Internal affairs of employers and labor organizations must not be interfered with except to the limited extent that correction is required in discrimination practices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The third legal problem was that Bobby was being sued by Chester Fox because he’d interfered with the filming of the Icelandic match.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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MHC-1 contains many sites where arginine must be incorporated during production, so the researchers suspected that arginine scarcity was interfering with the process.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
He does not want federal judges interfering in the redistricting process, not even to prioritise black Americans like himself.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“We have no interest in interfering with the U.S. elections and have never done so.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In a novel full of insufferable characters interfering with romantic soulmates, Mary commits the sins of both pedantry and priggishness.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Always interfering where she wasn’t wanted. And now, look at her. I could help her, of course. It would be easy. Therefore, it gives me no small amount of pleasure to refuse to do so.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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