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
That’s when aircraft rotations are at their most complicated, weather is more likely to interfere, and airports are at their busiest.
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Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
Lawmakers need to hold hearings in the upcoming session to determine how these laws can be strengthened to prevent election deniers from interfering.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Spacecraft may not always be able to act quickly enough to avoid a crash, especially if software glitches or powerful solar storms interfere.
—Jeremy Hsu, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
The media should respect the rule of law in Hong Kong and refrain from interfering in ongoing judicial cases.
—Katrina Samaan, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfere
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Somebody does something terrible and messes it up.—
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If your smartwatch tracking every heartbeat and sleep cycle hasn’t already given you health anxiety, Kohler wants to mess you up in a new way.—
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Untrustworthy employees There have been cases where employees at security companies snooped through camera feeds.—
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Thornton, a vice president of strategic communications who has worked downtown for 17 years, including a decade with AIMCLEAR, was no stranger to snooping on behalf of his colleagues and his employer.—
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Over the intervening 25 years, the landscape across an 18,000-square-mile expanse, larger than the state of Maryland, has undergone an extensive reshaping.—
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Sort of small arms warfare, where they were harassed for months in one of these sad situations where the cops wouldn’t intervene.—
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The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness.—
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Continue reading … POLITICS POLITICAL THEATER – Vance reposts meme poking fun at Democrats' Jan 6 candlelight vigil.—
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And Watson’s scandal and injuries compromised the Browns’ operation, leading to an awkward 2025 NFL Draft that saw the Browns draft two QBs — Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders — with Haslam meddling heavily again.—
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Any external force who dares to meddle in the affairs on the Taiwan Strait will face a resolute, head-on blow from China.—
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The justices probed whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to impose tariffs on nearly all imports or whether such measures intrude on Congress’s exclusive taxing authority.—
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Beijing rebutted the accusation, saying the Australian aircraft had intruded into Chinese airspace.—
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“Interfere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interfere. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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