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After a fire, heavy metal particles can spread through ash and smoke over gardens and inhibit growth, said Olukayode Jegede, an agricultural toxicologist and assistant professor at UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Under normal circumstances, Purkinje cells inhibit deep nuclei cells.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

US forecasters have already predicted a "below normal" Atlantic hurricane season as stronger upper-level winds can inhibit storm development.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

There are also sky-high maintenance and staffing expenses, which may inhibit even the wealthiest buyers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Her shoes killed her. I keep telling them, but they don’t listen. Poorly made shoes will torture your feet, inhibit your progress. Then you will stop.”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

In a study published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Schultz and co-first author Lauren Parr, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Pharmacology, developed a compound that selectively inhibits TAOK-1.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

Too much bracken inhibits the growth of the dog violet, the food source for the caterpillars.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

IL-6 also inhibits mitochondria, the parts of a cell that generate energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The massive share of China’s CPU market that Intel and AMD have enjoyed for decades inhibits the development of Chinese alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

In temperature inversions, air movement is inhibited—the cold air can't rise and the warm air doesn’t fall—which in turn inhibits rainfall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Oversharing policy deliberations and overcommitting to future decisions can lead markets, businesses, and households astray," he said, adding it also inhibited the Fed the "freedom to make the right calls when it's time to decide".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Their growth was inhibited at concentrations as low as 2.5 milligrams per milliliter.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

From what I could see, they lived dull, inhibited lives.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

In preclinical studies, the Sylvester team found that inhibiting IL1RAP changed the tumor microenvironment in several important ways.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

The drug works by inhibiting RAS proteins that promote tumor growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Dr. Dorstyn noted that the findings overturn the assumption that inhibiting Caspase-2 is always beneficial.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

The drug works by inhibiting what’s called Factor XIa, which can lead to blood clotting.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

The toxin does the deed insidiously, indirectly, by inhibiting an enzyme essential to glycoprotein metabolism.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer