interfere
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Amid domestic pressure on the State Department to let Ms. Machado return, the U.S. decided last month that while it wouldn’t bring her back, it would no longer interfere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Even more promising, they have identified an experimental drug that has already undergone safety testing in humans and could potentially interfere with this process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Gen. Todd Blanche last week said the Justice Department did not intend to interfere with elections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"We are in close contact with our American partners, including Mr. Musk, because it is crucial in orbit not to interfere with one another."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The growth of pines was not thick enough to do more than interfere with the rain, and the needle-carpeted ground underfoot was damp.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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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
Lower light exposure reduces the possibility of photodamage, which occurs when the light used for imaging harms living cells or interferes with their normal functions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Airports close because ash interferes with aircraft and other transport networks falter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz interferes with petroleum movement and fertilizer shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Still, no one interferes when she guides the trio into an examination room to assess their injuries.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Researchers led by Lancaster University have revisited a historical account of a train delayed in Exeter, England, when solar activity interfered with the railway's telegraph system.
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
Players are allowed to request video reviews of specific judgement points if they believe there has been a hindrance - such as whether a ball has bounced twice, or a distraction has interfered with play.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
She always interfered and got in between them.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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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
Courtney-Grace believes allowing medical professionals access to familial history without interfering with data protection rules wouldn't just benefit adoptees, but the entire population.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Attorney Marina Z. Beck in her declaration accused Martinez of refusing to provide information to Berry about their son and his education, of interfering with their son’s therapy and of refusing to follow therapist recommendations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The children s little dog came out, interfering, getting in her way.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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