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interfere

[in-ter-feer] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər /


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She said the government doesn't want to interfere with "current ongoing commercial negotiations", but said ministers would be seeking "clarity" on the plans for the retailer.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

It’s routine for DOJ monitors to watch over polling places, and the agency has assured states that, in the midterms, its observers will follow the law and not interfere with voting or election administration.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Treatments for insomnia include cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people change thoughts and habits that interfere with sleep, as well as medications such as antidepressants and antipsychotics.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

That connectivity can also provide an avenue for attackers to interfere with physical systems through digital networks.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I’ll be in my office. My presence will only interfere with the enchantment.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Soto-Martínez’s office said enforcement under the city ordinance interferes with efforts to move unhoused residents into housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Lower light exposure reduces the possibility of photodamage, which occurs when the light used for imaging harms living cells or interferes with their normal functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

That tort takes place when a person intentionally interferes with another person’s lawful possession of movable personal property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A study published in 2025 in the Journal of Economic Entomology showed that bistrifluron, an insect growth regulator that interferes with the formation of a new exoskeleton, can kill western drywood termites with remarkable efficiency.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Like the dinitros, it interferes, often fatally, with the body’s source of energy, so that the affected organism almost literally burns itself up.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

A jury in Massachusetts’ Suffolk County Superior Court on Friday said that Sabatini proved that Knouse defamed him, and that she interfered with his work contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Instead, it interfered with how the gene's instructions were processed while still allowing some normal activity to continue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The men behind Gatalog and its sister site, CtrlPew, went to federal court in Orlando, Fla., to try to block that assertion, saying California’s suit interfered with their constitutional rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

McBride felt he had been interfered with by Giants cornerback Dru Phillips from a pass from Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett that fell incomplete.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

She always interfered and got in between them.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

I didn’t want anything interfering with what I wanted to do or where I needed to be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Policy analyst Mayala said Kabila's involvement could help Rwanda counter accusations that it was interfering in Congo's internal affairs.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

By interfering with these signals, obakulactone reduced inflammation and fibrosis, a process involving excessive buildup of scar-like connective tissue, in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

“We’re interfering with the cell’s recycling machinery that’s important in all of our healthy cells,” said Dr. Julie Gralow, chief medical officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“It’s what you meant. If she’s interfering with my work we both know I’ve got to cut her out of my life.”

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes


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