impede

Example Sentences

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The global condemnation of Mr. Lai’s sentence suggests that his detention will impede China’s relations with democratic countries.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other cases against protesters accused of assaulting or impeding federal officers have also fallen apart.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Essayli has boasted of charging more than 100 defendants with assaulting federal officers or impeding immigration agents, those cases are crumbling in court.

From Los Angeles Times

But, Snyder said, the ban does not impede federal officers from performing their federal functions, indicating that a revised law that remedies that discrimination may be constitutional.

From Los Angeles Times

Government programs have provided a cushion to displaced workers, but they have also impeded the transitions.

From The Wall Street Journal