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Example sentences for: impede

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The president reiterated that China would use force if necessary against the Taiwan "separatists" and against "foreign forces which try to impede the reunification of China."
Importantly, the task force, after intense debate, rejected categorical prohibitions lest they unintentionally impede the translation of research discoveries into tangible public benefits.
Opponents said reformers shouldn't jump the gun, since 1) the decision did not deal with "soft money"; and 2) the court refused to overturn its 1976 decision that campaign spending limits do impede free speech.
Bernick and Cailliet have suggested that sclerosis of the end plate may act to impede nutrient flow into the disc [ 23 ] , and that progressive end plate sclerosis with aging contributed to disc degeneration.
His career is an unblemished half century of efforts to impede progress, inflame race relations, and squelch good government.