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impede
verb as in obstruct, hinder
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In contrast, a running joke about the Donald obsessing about his hair has a fun, if gleefully nasty payoff in an episode involving Trump getting his head surgically stapled to impede his male pattern baldness.
On 13 October, the Biden administration told Mr Netanyahu’s government that Israel must act within 30 days on a series of concrete measures to boost aid supplies, citing US laws which can prohibit military assistance to countries that impede delivery of US humanitarian aid.
United States, the Supreme Court ruled that a section of Sarbanes–Oxley, which makes it a crime to tamper with a record or otherwise impede an official proceeding, could not be used to charge scores of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 because, the justices concluded, Sarbanes–Oxley only applies to interference with official documents.
Even now, however, a waning gibbous moon will still somewhat impede viewing conditions.
The university’s provost said that when he gets an appeal, he has to figure out a way to uphold the concerns of the administration or the complaints, but also not impede on a student’s ability to finish or to submit work or to progress through their degree.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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