Example Sentences

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In the Congo, deep distrust and superstition are impeding efforts to contain Ebola.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"We can't have individuals that are impeding law enforcement operations and then showing up with guns and weapons and no ID, and confronting law enforcement," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on "Fox News Sunday."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

“Occasionally a therapist has to suspend treatment until a patient is willing to stop certain chronic self-destructive behaviors that are impeding the therapy,” Michels told EW.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Other factors are pushing up power prices, including low river levels that are impeding shipments of fuel to coal-fired plants that Germany and other governments want to fire up to replace gas.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022

“Do you feel like your thought patterns are impeding your daily life?”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green