interfere
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Prolonged stress is known to interfere with neural communication and can cause substantial losses of synaptic connections.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Impurities can interfere with measurements and conceal the material's actual magnetic behavior.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Such damage can interfere with proteins and other essential components of cells, particularly when the body's normal protective systems become less effective.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
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
And I was nodding, not making any sounds like “Unh-hunh” or “Yes, ma’am” that might interfere with the memory of that soft voice asking me so kindly for something.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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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
One possibility is that immune reactions to Neu5Gc produce chronic inflammation that interferes with insulin-producing cells or tissues that normally respond to insulin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 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
Airports close because ash interferes with aircraft and other transport networks falter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
In 1801 a British scientist discovered that light interferes with itself, apparently putting the matter to rest once and for all.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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One Nation's Victorian leader Warren Pickering claimed the attack happened after the pair "interfered with" election signs on the volunteer's property.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
According to the report, the disturbance interfered with railway signals in Exeter and delayed the scheduled 10:05 p.m. train departure by 16 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 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
But then he’d felt them—felt the angry and furious eyes of the dead...Someone had interfered and saved her.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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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
They also suggest that interfering with the genetic mechanisms driving these changes could offer new opportunities to combat a disease that remains exceptionally difficult to treat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 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
Like today, she had shown me a lot of respect by not interfering with my talk with Morris.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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