impede
Example Sentences
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Though the storm has passed, temperatures remain below freezing, impeding natural snowmelt, with no relief in sight for the forecast.
From Barron's
The flight of an estimated 8 million Venezuelans, many educated and technically-skilled in engineering, health, business and information systems, will also impede the country’s recovery.
From Barron's
“Multiple factors have impeded the downward price action that we anticipated based on fundamentals.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi was in Minneapolis Wednesday, where immigration officials arrested several people for assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers, she said.
The Homeland Security department said in a statement last year that Retes impeded its operation, which he denies.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
