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interfere

[in-ter-feer] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər /


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"If visitors follow our advice and do not feed or interfere with the deer, it is highly unlikely that they will exhibit this type of behaviour."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court the project is already 65% complete and argued that stopping construction would interfere with security improvements at the White House.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

“These are attempts to interfere, to meddle in Mexican politics,” Sheinbaum said at her regular morning news conference.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Lots could interfere with the economy unfolding the way the stock market seems to hope.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“I can get a sandwich downtown. I dont want to interfere with Dilsey’s arrangements,” I says.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

"Our work reveals how a lack of arginine interferes with the immune system, and suggests that upping arginine intake could prove beneficial," says first author Qiushuang Wu, a postdoc in the lab.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 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

If the weather interferes with your chances of seeing the Strawberry Moon tonight, do not worry as there are more opportunities to see full Moons this summer.

From BBC Jun. 29, 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

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

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

The condition develops as prolonged high blood sugar damages tiny blood vessels within the kidneys, gradually interfering with their ability to remove waste from the bloodstream.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

The constitution limits the president from unilaterally interfering with local laws.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The veteran manager said that his former boss became increasingly interfering during his first spell at the club, including pushing for the signing of Andriy Shevchenko.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

This past weekend’s “CBS Sunday Morning” featured a segment from national security correspondent David Martin about the Department of Defense interfering with the editorial independence of Stars & Stripes, the military newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The bills were repeatedly voted down for fear of interfering with the progress of science, even though other countries —including, ironically, Prussia—had enacted regulations governing human research as early as 1891.

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




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