impede
Example Sentences
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Brussels attempts to impose rule-of-law strictures that would impede, say, corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Antidebt crusaders, like the personal-finance radio host Dave Ramsey, have been speaking for years about how paying thousands of dollars in interest can seriously impede a family’s ability to make progress on their other goals.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
LeMay, predictably, was “solidly opposed” to the treaty, arguing it would impede military readiness and constrain America’s nuclear capability.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The latest draft, seen by AFP, demands Iran end attacks on commercial vessels and halt "any attempt to impede transit passage or freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz".
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
There was nothing to impede them this time, and Malcolm brought the canoe into a side street away from the main flood, where it was a little quieter.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing impede
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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