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Among them, Beazer insists that Dream Finders enter into a non-disclosure agreement with a 12-month standstill period, which Dream Finders said was an attempt to impede the potential deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Experts have said that doing so can expose children to unforeseen risks such as identity theft, fraud or impede their privacy as they grow up.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

“It does not obstruct or impede lawful federal immigration enforcement operations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

He pointed to "slowness, bureaucracy and norms that impede those who want to produce" as well as "decisions that we have put off."

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

The bundle rolled forward unchecked, as if the hounds did not impede it at all.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Johnson’s writing is luminously beautiful, her assiduous research never impedes the narrative, and the illustrations are spectacular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Ignoring those, they said, “stifles that debate and our ability to move forward as a nation,” and impedes healing.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

This is partly due to the leaderless nature of these demonstrations, which on the one hand helps protesters evade clampdowns - but also impedes long-term decision-making.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

One body impinges against and impedes another in the fall, but it could not do this, but for the principle of gravity.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

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

It was much lighter and more mobile than hospital wheelchairs, which weighed 60lb and had side-guards and back handles that impeded a player's swing.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

In many of the cases, Bis said, the claimants impeded or assaulted agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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

Africa’s north-south axis also seriously impeded the spread of livestock.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

League players say they interfere with how the pins would fall naturally, sometimes knocking over pins that should have stayed up or impeding other pins from falling down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Hamilton faces an investigation on charges of impeding Alpine's Pierre Gasly in the first part of qualifying.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

In the world of quantum computing, five years hardly seems like enough time to address the hurdles impeding the development of scalable, practically useful systems.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

The mud was impeding him too, because one time, when he kicked out, he slipped and fell out of view into the blackness.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro