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Cassidy also said he was reluctant to impede the department's work fighting violent crime.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

He had willed it into existence in his characteristic way, fast and without faultfinding inspectors to impede his vision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Any delays or setbacks to Starship could impede planned growth across SpaceX’s businesses, analysts say, and those represent a very real possibility.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, “Secretary Hegseth ensured his message was aligned with the president’s objectives and agenda, and he did not want to impede upon the president’s decision space.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

They attached the line with which they had been snubbing the boat to Buck’s neck and shoulders, being careful that it should neither strangle him nor impede his swimming, and launched him into the stream.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

VAR: Which impedes his ability to get to the ball properly.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

It deploys natural and social scientific methods to understand what advances and what impedes human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

Carvalho has called for limits on immigration enforcement near schools, saying it impedes student learning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

It may readily be imagined how such a custom impedes speedy intercourse, and how much more usefully a great part of the animal power might be employed.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

Rubli tried to push back, but her therapist framed her concerns as blind spots that impeded healing, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Because we all know what that means: In history written by the victors, the Luddites impeded technological progress, attempted to halt innovation, and were soundly defeated by the Industrial Revolution.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Indeed – as Nuseibeh acknowledges – MBS himself was responsible for some of the issues that have impeded the scope and rate of change - as well as casting a long shadow over his rule.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Shelby County also impeded votes that were cast from translating into meaningful political power, especially at the local level.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

Because the mountains impeded north-south communication, it was much easier to coordinate the flow of goods and services east to west.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Most of Uminer’s books were shelved and weren’t impeding entrances and exits.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Under Essayli, federal prosecutors in L.A. have aggressively charged protesters with assaulting and impeding the actions of immigration agents, filing more than 100 cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bottlenecks throughout the arms-production supply chain are impeding a manufacturing ramp-up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Giuffre's sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, said they did not have to go "deep into conversation" given the potential complications of impeding investigations.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Do you feel like your thought patterns are impeding your daily life?”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green