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Disruptions involving DEAF1 may further impair the body's ability to regenerate healthy muscle.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

She said the scale, height, and mass of the new ballroom would impair her aesthetic, cultural, and historical interests in viewing and appreciating the White House.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

The committee typically engages such tools if a clear market-functioning or financial-stability risk threatens to impair monetary policy, a bar that current conditions don’t appear to meet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Gondola cars encased in digital ads, flying 26 feet overhead every 25-30 seconds would irreparably impair the vista, and the sense of calm and escape from urban life,” wrote former state parks director Ruth Coleman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

In the earlier discussion, however, I was referring to things that impair our ability to solve problems.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

They read the text of the First Amendment and see that it prohibits Congress from making any law that impairs the free exercise of religion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

This damage impairs the ability of nerves to carry electrical messages from the brain to the rest of the body - including those needed for the precise control of muscles needed to walk.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

High blood sugar impairs immune function and narrows vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood, making it harder for skin to heal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

That may or may not come to pass, but how we behave around others either impairs or enhances our reputation.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

This blindness impairs us in every act of communication.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

She referred to a longstanding American legal doctrine, which stipulates that a court's right to hold a trial is not impaired if the suspect has been the subject of a forceful abduction.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The team designed the study to determine whether niacin could restore some of those impaired immune cells and help them destroy tumor cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The British Museum says it will provide an audio-described tour of the Bayeux Tapestry after a blind man threatened legal action over a lack of access for visually impaired visitors.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Brightline’s taxable bondholders are also expected to be heavily impaired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“I would say, learn to hear me in my own voice. I’m hearing impaired, not invisible.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Cedars-Sinai spokesperson Duke Helfand said the hospital would be unable to recruit and retain physicians, nurses, and specialists if the measure passed, dramatically impairing its ability to provide healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The longer these companies leave addictive, impairing features in place, the more plaintiffs they’ll create.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

“In particular, how effective drones are in impairing production and transportation of crude via the Strait of Hormuz.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

In his memo, Barbabella wrote that there was no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in Trump's heart or major vessels.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

This is because the act of describing a face has the effect of impairing your otherwise effortless ability to subsequently recognize that face.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell