interfere
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Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court the project is already 65% complete and argued that stopping construction would interfere with security improvements at the White House.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Earlier, the interior ministry said security agencies had arrested several suspects accused of plotting to interfere with the electoral system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
It added that the technology does not interfere at all with heart activity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Lots could interfere with the economy unfolding the way the stock market seems to hope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But nobody in Jesse’s family was sounding any alarms, and my role was to keep my mouth shut and take notes, to observe but not to interfere.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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And both have their reasons for rejecting science that interferes with their own interests.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
If investors conclude for themselves that having a high concentration of individual stocks interferes with their goals, they might forgo this approach.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
"The fact that it still interferes shows that quantum mechanics is valid even on this scale and does not require alternative models."
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
The antibody is designed to bind to proteins on the surface of the virus, which interferes with its ability to get inside human cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 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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But the new plan, issued in 2021, favored the ranchers, extending them 20-year leases, and allowed for the killing of elk if they interfered with cattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Those green ecosystems are far different from California’s; our neighbor’s fires generally arise in massive boreal forests, which do not have debris or brush concerns because they’ve never been logged or otherwise interfered with.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
The researchers also found that PCAIs interfered with several biological processes that cancer cells depend on for survival.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Internal affairs of employers and labor organizations must not be interfered with except to the limited extent that correction is required in discrimination practices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
They were both made of gold that sometimes glittered in the sunlight but dulled when the clouds interfered.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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If SAM is essential for lanternfly reproduction, interfering with the material might offer a highly specific way to control the species.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
He does not want federal judges interfering in the redistricting process, not even to prioritise black Americans like himself.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
This past weekend’s “CBS Sunday Morning” featured a segment from national security correspondent David Martin about the Department of Defense interfering with the editorial independence of Stars & Stripes, the military newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
In a novel full of insufferable characters interfering with romantic soulmates, Mary commits the sins of both pedantry and priggishness.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Within a week, my grandmother was thumping around the house with her gold-topped cane and interfering with Mrs Spring's cooking.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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