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As outcomes, elimination and endemic transmission may be opposites, but thinking that we need to choose one or the other is a mistake that can impede public understanding of how to manage the pandemic.
WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER ELIMINATE COVID-19 FROM THE U.S. IT'S STILL WORTH TRYINGGAVIN YAMEYFEBRUARY 25, 2021TIMEThe proposals weren’t enacted in any systemic way, but Levi says they underscore an ongoing worry that the typical regulations around reimbursement and cross-state practicing impede the expansion of telehealth.
THE DOCTOR WILL ZOOM YOU NOWKATIE MCLEANFEBRUARY 24, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThese systems typically use elastic closures around the ankle areas to keep wind and moisture out of your dog’s coat without impeding their dexterity.
BEST DOG COATS: PET CLOTHES TO KEEP ANY DOG WARMPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 17, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEAnd, racial gaps also impeded access to testing and affected quality of care.
ONE BIG HICCUP IN US EFFORTS TO DISTRIBUTE COVID-19 VACCINES? POOR INTERNET ACCESS.BY TAMRA BURNS LOEB, ET AL./THE CONVERSATIONFEBRUARY 10, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWe have provided them thousands of pages of documents already and are not in any way impeding who they speak with.
VMI RESISTS LETTING INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW CADETS, FACULTY WITHOUT ITS LAWYERS PRESENT, REPORT SAYSIAN SHAPIRAFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMany persons impede their execution by not keeping the thumb independent enough of the rest of the hand.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThis mob of men and boys were good-natured, but very curious, and it gathered so close as to impede the progress of the ponies.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEHence the furrows are not ploughed close together, for the roots when crowded impede the sprouting of the plant.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO, VOLUME III (OF 3)STRABOAll along the journey little absolutely unnecessary villages kept bobbing up to impede the progress of the train.
MOLLY MAKE-BELIEVEELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTTBut you could do no good with so few men—they are more than ten to one, I hear—and your men would but impede us.
THE DEVIL-TREE OF EL DORADOFRANK AUBREYWORDS RELATED TO IMPEDE
- arrest
- avoid
- bar
- block
- bottle
- break
- check
- choke
- choke off
- clog
- close
- congest
- cut off
- disrupt
- fill
- fix
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- hinder
- hush
- impede
- intercept
- interrupt
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- plug
- put a stop to
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- seal
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- silence
- stall
- staunch
- stay
- stem
- still
- stopper
- suspend
- throw over
- turn off
- ward off
- blows off
- breaks
- breaks off
- calls it a day
- ceases
- closes
- cold turkey
- comes to a standstill
- concludes
- cool it
- cuts out
- cuts short
- desists
- discontinues
- draws up
- drops
- ends
- finishes
- halts
- hangs it up
- holds
- is over
- kills
- pauses
- pulls up
- puts an end to
- quits
- quits cold
- refrains
- runs its course
- scrubs
- shuts down
- signs off
- stalls
- stands
- stays
- tarries
- terminates
- winds up
- wraps up
- balk
- block
- choke off
- confound
- corner
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- cut off
- dead-end
- defeat
- foil
- give the runaround
- hang fire
- hang-up
- hold off
- hold up
- impede
- mystify
- nonplus
- obstruct
- pigeonhole
- prevent
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- puzzle
- shelve
- snooker
- stall
- stonewall
- stump
- throw a monkey wrench into
- thwart
- balks
- blocks
- chokes off
- confounds
- corners
- crabs
- cramps
- cramps one's style
- crimps
- cuts off
- dead-ends
- defeats
- foils
- gives the run around
- hangs fire
- hangs up
- holds off
- holds up
- impedes
- mystifies
- nonpluses
- obstructs
- pigeonholes
- prevents
- puts on back burner
- puts on hold
- puzzles
- shelves
- snookers
- stalls
- stonewalls
- stumps
- throws a monkey wrench into
- thwarts
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- cramp
- cross
- curb
- dash
- dead-end
- defeat
- disappoint
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- give the slip
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- obstruct
- oppose
- outwit
- pit
- play off
- prevent
- queer
- restrain
- ruin
- stop
- stymie
- take down
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- trammel
- upset
- upset the apple cart
- baffles
- balks
- beats
- bilks
- checks
- circumvents
- confuses
- counters
- crabs
- cramps
- crimps
- crosses
- curbs
- dashes
- defeats
- disappoints
- ditches
- dodges
- double-crosses
- ducks
- foils
- foul up
- frustrates
- gives the slip
- holds up
- impedes
- louses up
- matches
- obstructs
- opposes
- outwits
- pits
- plays off
- prevents
- queers
- restrains
- ruins
- scotches
- skins
- snafus
- stymies
- takes down
- takes wind out of
- trammels
- upsets
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