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Adding to those anxieties is an intensifying conflict in the Middle East that is lifting oil prices and threatening to hamper the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Some also are concerned that the company might swing to a more conservative stance that could hamper growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

The state’s powerful doctors’ lobby, the California Medical Assn., also opposes the measure, arguing it would ban clinics from keeping funding in reserves and hamper their ability to upgrade equipment or expand to new locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

On one side of the vacuum, there is a Fortnum and Mason musical advent calendar - similar to the one listed in the schedules of the indictment - and a wooden hamper wrapped in plastic.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

I dragged the hamper through, and now we v ere in forbidden territory.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

The skills deficit hampers new grads as they are trying to launch themselves, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

A Hormuz bottleneck has taken its toll on global oil supply and snarled supply chains, while the targeting of energy infrastructure last week hampers energy production capacity.

From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026

A shortage of components such as electrical transformers and gas turbines hampers data-center construction, and operators struggle to secure the immense amounts of electrical power required to run computing clusters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

A foodbank is asking donors to consider trying a "reverse advent calendar" this year – giving 24 items to help provide Christmas hampers to families in need.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

Many people carried blankets and hampers of food but quickly found that no room remained to spread a picnic.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

DWP officials concede they’re hampered by budget restraints, manpower limitations, long project timelines and the sizable footprint of the repairs needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Everyone I spoke with described the current process of tracing foodborne illnesses as laborious and slow and hampered by an absence of a unified approach.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

But global development has also been hampered due to the irregularity of research results.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Yet quality-control challenges, including software bugs, have hampered the Gravity’s production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

This difficulty greatly hampered the work on the “cranberry chemical,” aminotriazole.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Despite firefighting efforts, strong winds are fanning flames and hampering containment operations - with local media reporting that firefighting aircraft have been unable to fly on Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

But it has struggled against a lack of enforcement power and several nations -- notably China, Israel, Russia and the United States -- do not recognise its jurisdiction, hampering its ability to investigate their nationals.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Their core finding: Rather than hampering the economy, slower population growth is associated with higher gross domestic product per working-age adult—and higher wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Winds of up to 50 mph stoked the flames and severely limited the fire response by hampering boat and aircraft access to the remote island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

With the hampering help of my sisters I made the little doghouse.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls