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
A new moon means moonlight should not interfere with viewing, creating favourable conditions if skies remain clear.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“She seems just a little bit stiff,” I said, after a moment or two, “perhaps she thought I was going to interfere with the running of the house.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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 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
"Biotin does not actually change the levels of hormones in the body, but it interferes with the way those levels could be checked when blood work is done," she said.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
Speaking to Reuters, Kusinas added he unintentionally interfered with Muluh's and other athletes' attempts because he was tired after his duties at the event.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
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
This one explored whether the task of driving actually interfered with the task of talking on the phone.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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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
MHC-1 contains many sites where arginine must be incorporated during production, so the researchers suspected that arginine scarcity was interfering with the process.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
“We have no interest in interfering with the U.S. elections and have never done so.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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
"Why do you insist on interfering? Your people hate you now."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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