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
“These are attempts to interfere, to meddle in Mexican politics,” Sheinbaum said at her regular morning news conference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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 advises not to touch, interfere with or get close to stranded marine animals and to report them immediately.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She was someone who minded her own business and had long since discovered it was seldom worth while to interfere with other people's children.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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And both have their reasons for rejecting science that interferes with their own interests.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Our work reveals how a lack of arginine interferes with the immune system, and suggests that upping arginine intake could prove beneficial," says first author Qiushuang Wu, a postdoc in the lab.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 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
If the weather interferes with your chances of seeing the Strawberry Moon tonight, do not worry as there are more opportunities to see full Moons this summer.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
This includes the area of the player's intended swing - which DeChambeau was found to have interfered with.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Those studies similarly found that disrupting sensory regions of the brain interfered with the ability to learn and retain new motor skills.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
But when the hour was over, Don Luis insisted that I showed aptitude and suggested that in the future I should come at a different time because Papi’s hammering interfered with my timing.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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The veteran manager said that his former boss became increasingly interfering during his first spell at the club, including pushing for the signing of Andriy Shevchenko.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Because cancer cells depend so heavily on these processes, interfering with them could make it more difficult for tumors to survive and continue evolving.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 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
That’s because minerals in unpurified water can attach to the metal surfaces and fuel rods in the reactor core, interfering with the carefully maintained reaction occurring inside.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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