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Meanings of impeding in English

Preventing movement.

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Examples for "obstructive"
Examples for "obstructive"
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Purpose: A new method of palliation of malignant obstructive jaundice is presented.
Pubmed
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The months ahead could start on a slightly counterproductive or obstructive note.
The South African
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Common diagnoses included hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Pubmed
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Rationale: One in 12 adults has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma.
Pubmed
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These findings are consistent with impaired detoxification ability in human obstructive cholestasis.
Pubmed
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Mr Henry was charged with hindering police, resisting police and property damage.
News.com.au
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Your fear of the bear is actually hindering your ability to survive.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
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Police had earlier complained that some media coverage was hindering their investigation.
The Guardian
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She was the one who had charge; no one was hindering her.
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
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But there are also hindering forces pulling money managers away from ESG.
The Irish Times
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Early intervention through a youth-centred agency will prevent the system clogging up.
The Irish Times
2
Had a double bypass last year, and now I'm clogging up again.
Four to score
3
Books were stacked everywhere, clogging the already narrow artery into the house.
Fat vampire: a never coming of age story
4
Criminals are becoming obstinate; they dally forever, clogging the processes of justice.
For Love Of Evil
5
Behind them another party of fair-goers arrived, clogging up the gate path.
The irish warrior
Usage of impeding in English
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These costs are impeding the expansion of smaller Irish firms into Europe.
The Irish Times
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The blue wall is greatly impeding our success to tackle organised crime.
The South African
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He conceded that political rivalries were impeding progress in rebuilding the city.
Reuters
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China denies it's impeding freedom of navigation or overflight in the waterway.
Reuters
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Settlers living in the heart of Hebron deny impeding the HRC's work.
The Guardian
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She was impeding a police officer in the execution of his duty.'
Voices
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The body was bucking fitfully between them, its mass impeding every move.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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It does not matter whether the person succeeds in impeding an investigation.
Reuters
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When they contract the vessels are squeezed, impeding the escape of blood.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
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Veteran cops suspected him of impeding the Lovette-Gamble investigation back in 'ninety-eight.
Flash and Bones
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A garble of outraged dialects met the three tourists impeding the walkway.
Imprudence
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The misery continued when the women's relay team were disqualified for impeding.
Reuters
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They cluster about him like barnacles, nobly and picturesquely impeding his progress.
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
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The impeding circumstance everywhere, it must be acknowledged, was Frederick Prendergast's coffin.
The Pool in the Desert
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The violence is also impeding relief groups from helping Somalia's several million hungry.
Reuters
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But political and institutional inertia, and public resistance to change, are impeding progress.
The Guardian
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