impede
Example Sentences
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The big risk of screwworm spreading significantly within Texas is that it could substantially impede the growth of cattle herds, Maloni said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
But eliminating the gag rule won’t impede the SEC’s mission to protect against fraud and to maintain fair, efficient markets.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Some experts who have responded to major fires said it’s important to note that the nature of such fires can impede decision-making, particularly at night and without aerial surveillance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Likewise, Epstein saw #MeToo as a problem to be neutralized because the success of any social movement in which women were treated as reliable narrators of their own exploitation would impede his own racket.”
From Salon • May 23, 2026
With nothing to impede it, Monte Alban swept out and established a domain of almost ten thousand square miles.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing impede
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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