Example Sentences

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Over the years, the number of cars parking near the bridge — often illegally, sometimes impeding emergency vehicles — has risen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Hamilton faces an investigation on charges of impeding Alpine's Pierre Gasly in the first part of qualifying.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Prosecutors alleged their actions during a September protest outside the suburban Broadview detention center amounted to impeding or injuring an officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Among other provisions, the bill makes it easier to develop factory-built homes, cuts regulations that some builders say were impeding construction, and gives federal funds to cities that make it easier to build.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

There were too many disappearances, in all parts of the city, to investigate properly, and too many forces impeding the detection of patterns.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson