interfere
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Albanese advises Bowen not to keep his phone next to his heart because "it can interfere with your rhythm".
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Puttnam, who has been involved with the school for over 50 years, said it was a "lovely job" to have and that he had tried never to interfere.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The results showed that the Alzheimer's-associated mutations could interfere with normal nerve-to-muscle function.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
The new findings suggest that Alzheimer's mutations can interfere with this process directly, rather than affecting movement only through damage to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
“Don’t interfere with this, Frank,” he said, “this is my affair entirely. I’m not going to give way to blackmail.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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The disease interferes with the body's ability to maintain healthy muscles, making effective repair especially important.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
If an enemy successfully interferes with the transmission of this information, it can cause problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
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
Rather than simply protecting the brain from damage, these cells can trigger inflammation that interferes with healthy sleep.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“It interferes with being nuts. Just concentrate on moving that Celestial bronze. Echo, you ready?”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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It increased the consumption of energy-rich nutrients and interfered with the cellular machinery needed to develop new fat-storing cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 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
A fan clad in a midnight-blue Yankees jacket had reached over the wall and interfered with the play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
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By interfering with this process, pantethine may help reduce the excessive immune activity responsible for psoriasis and potentially other autoimmune diseases.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The spokesperson did not clarify whether Essayli was accusing Gonzalez of interfering with Saturday’s operation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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
Oxidative stress occurs when harmful reactive molecules overwhelm the body's protective defenses, potentially damaging cells and interfering with tissue repair.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
She keeps interfering in a negative and controlling way.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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