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interfere

[in-ter-feer] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər /


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However, Liang has been selective in choosing backers to ensure that commercial interests don’t interfere with DeepSeek’s long-term push in frontier AI research, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The largest changes appeared in ovarian tissue, suggesting that the pesticide may interfere with reproductive processes.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

The difference this fortnight is that she’s playing on her own terms instead of letting her past demons on the surface interfere.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Symptoms tend to become more severe and interfere with daily tasks.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

By the time he finished high school, though, he decided this would be too great a drain on the family finances, and would interfere with his sisters’ studies.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

If investors conclude for themselves that having a high concentration of individual stocks interferes with their goals, they might forgo this approach.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The researchers found that chlorpyrifos interferes with a process known as autophagy.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

The Hobbs Act prohibits robbery that interferes with interstate or foreign commerce.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

The antibody is designed to bind to proteins on the surface of the virus, which interferes with its ability to get inside human cells.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

“It interferes with being nuts. Just concentrate on moving that Celestial bronze. Echo, you ready?”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

When those abnormal forms appeared after memories had already formed, they interfered with the brain's ability to retrieve them.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

“Internal affairs of employers and labor organizations must not be interfered with except to the limited extent that correction is required in discrimination practices.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

"These rumours…have seriously misled the public and interfered with the investigation of the accident," Wu Shijie, a CAA official, told a press conference in April 2022.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Previously, researchers treated the polymer in these inks as a flaw because it interfered with electrical performance.

From Science Daily Apr. 18, 2026

They were both made of gold that sometimes glittered in the sunlight but dulled when the clouds interfered.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

In a novel full of insufferable characters interfering with romantic soulmates, Mary commits the sins of both pedantry and priggishness.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

That is, he said, if he can stop the Chinese government from interfering.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

"For some people, the noise is constant and bothersome, interfering with their productivity and quality of life," Price said.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

But Aoun said, in an interview with CNN aired on Friday, that Iran must stop interfering in Lebanon.

From Barron's Jun. 6, 2026

I did not need Margaret interfering with my life.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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