impede
Example Sentences
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Alexandra Saieh, Head of Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy, says the more obstacles in place, the further it impedes the ability to offer effective humanitarian assistance and causes "a catastrophic impact on people in Gaza."
From BBC
The global condemnation of Mr. Lai’s sentence suggests that his detention will impede China’s relations with democratic countries.
Other cases against protesters accused of assaulting or impeding federal officers have also fallen apart.
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
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