as in to mess
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things
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Recent Examples of interfere
Jax interfered in the match to ambush both Stratton and Cargill.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Grayson tried to interfere, but Penta laid waste to Big G.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Particle has also accused Epic of defaming the company and interfering in its business relations.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Grayson tried to interfere, but Penta laid waste to Big G.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Particle has also accused Epic of defaming the company and interfering in its business relations.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for interfere
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfere
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As Mercury and Pluto clash, snooping in someone’s business lands you in hot water.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Footage of a woman snooping in on her dogs in the dead of the night has left the internet in stitches.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Six months later, distraction found its own way of intervening.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Staff also allegedly told patients not to intervene when others were harming themselves on the unit.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Cowboys poked a hole in the Jets’ balloon after the Hall fumble.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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An alligator’s head could be seen poking out of the water just a few feet away as Whaley prepared to take his shot, but the 30-year-old quickly brought the ball back onto dry land and escaped with par on the 11th green.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Critics had warned that allowing Trump to fire Cook would have trampled on decades of research showing central banks function best when they're allowed to operate without meddling from politicians.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, recent polls suggest that PAS could struggle to keep its majority and may need to seek a coalition with others in the 101-seat legislature, which could provide more opportunities for meddling, said Popescu-Zamfir.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To Dalio, that rhetoric is the hallmark of a late-stage debt cycle, before reality intrudes.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Married life has, in the past, come with the couple dealing with others intruding on their joint personal time — like those neighbors who made a noise complaint about them in 1999.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Interfere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interfere. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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