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The global condemnation of Mr. Lai’s sentence suggests that his detention will impede China’s relations with democratic countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

However, off-roaders, rockhounders and prospectors who mine small claims in the area have expressed concern that the protections will impede their use of the land.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

They said further strikes will "impede the progress" being made in tackling the hospital backlog.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

It’s the latest effort by the agency to check the power of Big Tech, but raises questions about whether it also will impede the ability of start-ups to raise needed cash.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The weapons will impede me when I stoop.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various