as in messed
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 interfered
To this day, Bezos has never interfered in newsroom decisions, according to interviews with two dozen senior Post journalists over the years.
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David Folkenflik, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
The match ended in disqualification after Finn Balor interfered.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Canada also launched an investigation three years ago into whether the Chinese interfered in Canadian elections in 2019 and 2021.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Lindell also has to pay $5 million to a software engineer who was able to debunk data Lindell claimed proved that China interfered in the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled in 2024.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Dallas Stars No thanks for the time Brett Hull interfered in a WCW wrestling match.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
The team won after a mystery intruder — whose identity has yet to be revealed — interfered, allowing Breakker to secure the win, according to ESPN.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
Weiser, Polis and the state's top water official — state engineer Jason Ullman — denied Nebraska's claims that Colorado interfered in its attempts to build the canal and denied the allegations that Colorado is not meeting the requirements of the compact.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
David Folkenflik, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
The match ended in disqualification after Finn Balor interfered.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Canada also launched an investigation three years ago into whether the Chinese interfered in Canadian elections in 2019 and 2021.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Lindell also has to pay $5 million to a software engineer who was able to debunk data Lindell claimed proved that China interfered in the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled in 2024.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Dallas Stars No thanks for the time Brett Hull interfered in a WCW wrestling match.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
The team won after a mystery intruder — whose identity has yet to be revealed — interfered, allowing Breakker to secure the win, according to ESPN.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
Weiser, Polis and the state's top water official — state engineer Jason Ullman — denied Nebraska's claims that Colorado interfered in its attempts to build the canal and denied the allegations that Colorado is not meeting the requirements of the compact.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfered
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In her fifty-seven years of wandering, nobody had messed with her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Untrustworthy employees There have been cases where employees at security companies snooped through camera feeds.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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Neighbors have heard the noise & intervened often in the past year.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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In a smaller flashpoint this week, Slater was prevented from cutting loose her own chief of staff after Attorney General Pam Bondi intervened, Semafor reported Friday.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The sports journalist, who split from Kelce in 2022, joined forces with Tiffany Haddish, Ben Simmons, and Offset in a Sleeper commercial that poked fun at the aftermath of calling it quits in the spotlight.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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Altman and other senior executives took to social media to respond to swipes from Anthropic, which ran Super Bowl ads that poked fun at OpenAI's decision to run ads within ChatGPT.—
Ashley Capoot,Kate Rooney,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Interfered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interfered. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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