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interfere

[in-ter-feer] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər /


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Machado, who is currently living in Panama and not leading those talks, has said she will not interfere in the process, which has the backing of Washington.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

New agents such as Meta Platforms’ Muse have raised concerns that bots might soon move money, craft tax strategies or otherwise interfere with once-reliable revenue streams in the investment-advice business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

They may also shift into states that promote inflammation and interfere with normal brain function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

These treatments use short, specially designed pieces of genetic material to interfere with instructions that cells use to manufacture particular proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

He was not committed to act, but he would not interfere.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

For years, people have debated whether drinking coffee in the evening interferes with sleep.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz interferes with petroleum movement and fertilizer shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

And both have their reasons for rejecting science that interferes with their own interests.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The men behind Gatalog and its sister site, CtrlPew, went to federal court in Orlando, Fla., to try to block that assertion, saying California’s suit interfered with their constitutional rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

A fan clad in a midnight-blue Yankees jacket had reached over the wall and interfered with the play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

McBride felt he had been interfered with by Giants cornerback Dru Phillips from a pass from Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett that fell incomplete.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

When the scientists lowered the amount of available glucose or interfered with this pathway, the stem cells changed what they produced.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

This one explored whether the task of driving actually interfered with the task of talking on the phone.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

“We’re interfering with the cell’s recycling machinery that’s important in all of our healthy cells,” said Dr. Julie Gralow, chief medical officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Scientists have developed a way to coat mitochondria, the tiny structures that produce energy inside our cells, with advanced materials without interfering with their function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Another federal law prohibits voter intimidation, with up to a yearlong prison sentence for anybody who intimidates, threatens, or coerces somebody else with the purpose of interfering with another person’s right to vote.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

One bill, dubbed the “No Kings Act,” makes it easier for residents to sue federal agents for alleged civil rights violations, such as racial profiling, unlawful searches or interfering with the right to free speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

She keeps interfering in a negative and controlling way.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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