interfere with
phrasal verb
interfered with; interfering with; interferes with
1
: to stop or slow (something) : to make (something) slower or more difficult
The drug might interfere with a child's physical development.
All of the noise was interfering with my concentration.
2
British
: to touch (a child) in a sexual and improper way
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But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
The city reminds residents that MPD does not work with ICE, but cannot interfere with those operations.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Renee Good had ties to an organized anti-ICE network in Minneapolis that trains participants to monitor and interfere with federal immigration enforcement operations, the New York Post reported.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
The city reminds residents that MPD does not work with ICE, but cannot interfere with those operations.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Renee Good had ties to an organized anti-ICE network in Minneapolis that trains participants to monitor and interfere with federal immigration enforcement operations, the New York Post reported.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Interfere with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interfere%20with. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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