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In 2007, responding to a proposed British boycott of Israel, PEN declared that it “emphatically opposes any efforts to inhibit the free international exchange of literature, art, information, or knowledge.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

After a fire, heavy metal particles can spread through ash and smoke over gardens and inhibit growth, said Olukayode Jegede, an agricultural toxicologist and assistant professor at UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

US forecasters have already predicted a "below normal" Atlantic hurricane season as stronger upper-level winds can inhibit storm development.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

There are also sky-high maintenance and staffing expenses, which may inhibit even the wealthiest buyers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Social pressures, stereotypes, and changing attitudes and perspectives can inhibit inclusion and lead to exclusionary practice.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Too much bracken inhibits the growth of the dog violet, the food source for the caterpillars.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The massive share of China’s CPU market that Intel and AMD have enjoyed for decades inhibits the development of Chinese alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Or the kite maker might have attached the string in a way that inhibits the kite’s ability to catch air pressure and rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

It is a reflex that inhibits critical and intellectually consistent thinking.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

“You probably don’t know this, but it’s not just granny folklore. One published study shows that the soup inhibits the movement of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell that defends against infection.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

But he believes the tax system in the UK would have inhibited his growth and ability to take risks.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

“It was an odd pairing: Harold Macmillan, the inhibited, repressed publisher’s son, and Bob Boothby, the warm, witty progeny of an Edinburgh banker,” writes Lynne Olson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Despite being shy and inhibited, he began “moonlighting” in the drama department, where, he later wrote, he found himself “fast losing my heart to drama.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

But here among my own less inhibited people, I discovered it was simply letting your feet, hands and body spontaneously act out whatever impulses were stirred by the music.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The drug works by inhibiting RAS proteins that promote tumor growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

The drug works by inhibiting what’s called Factor XIa, which can lead to blood clotting.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

But he showed age is not inhibiting him as he won a 41-shot rally to save a break point in the fourth set on his way to beating Zverev in three hours and 18 minutes.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

She also has concerns about the potential side effects of inhibiting a bodily function long-term.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2025

Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot