interfering

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have shown that bistrifluron, a chemical that blocks the formation of new termite exoskeletons, can destroy drywood termite colonies by interfering with the insects' ability to grow.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

The right to change religion is unqualified by its nature, but the right to try to change someone’s religion can’t be unqualified without interfering with and violating others’ religious freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But in a matter of minutes, she’d been arrested and accused of interfering with federal law enforcement.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

"Although you can't own a piece of the land because of the UN treaty, you can basically operate on that land without anybody interfering with it," says Dr Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Remarkably, the phenomenon was proved in 1997 when physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson