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"We likely will not be touching corals to each other on reefs," said Collins, noting the sheer size of reefs tends to preclude this option.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

He said the vetting landscape in 2009, though not as strict as today, should still have meant Greer's past would preclude entry to the police.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Marketers will also be watching for whether LLMs will preclude paid-for social media endorsements that are badged with #ad or similar disclosures in their results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Would spending in one area preclude spending in another?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

The distance between close “neighbors,” even if it were considerably less than the average, would seem to preclude frequent popping in for a chat.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The speed restrictions "effectively precludes" anything connected to the network going above 100mph, Whittington said, making drone navigation difficult within Ukraine and Russian-occupied territory inside Ukraine.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The local “Happy Hour” regulation makes it difficult for bars to discount drinks and precludes them from delivering more than two drinks to a person at one time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Powell sticking it out, even for a few more months, precludes that option.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

“Absolutely. Owls are wise. They are carefu and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

But some of them seemed to dispute the defence's claim that postpartum psychosis - a rare post-childbirth condition characterised by mania and depression - precluded Clancy from criminal liability.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Reading the Westfall Act with close “attention to its text,” he concluded, shows that Congress has not precluded laws like Maine’s.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

The secrecy precluded a medal of honor without a waiver from Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

I could have claimed Austrian retirement on my 65th birthday in 2023, but concerns about the Windfall Elimination Provision interfering with my Social Security benefits precluded this.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

The exhaust whistle, coupled with the natural engine noises, precluded the necessity of Mister Scales’ giving any further notice about the car’s arrival at its destination.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Under the provisions of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, regulations governing the flag had become "a transferred prerogative matter", precluding Her Majesty's "command on flags … having any legal effect in Northern Ireland".

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025

“What they want to do is get people up and running to start building the bank, rather than precluding people at the front end,” Portilla said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

By comparison, even the best available practical hydrogen storage tanks allow the gas to leak out at a rate of about 1 percent per day, precluding any uses that would require year-long storage, Li says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

"I don't talk just to hear myself. I'm precluding you from doing this," Engoron said.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023

Whether one agrees with this approach or not, the building testifies to the strength of Wright’s vision by precluding any other way of seeing the art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson