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hamper

[ham-per] / ˈhæm pər /
NOUN
basket for storage
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The search for a ninth person believed killed in a huge avalanche in the US state of California will stretch into the weekend, officials said Thursday, as atrocious weather hampered operations.

From Barron's

U.S. firms raised about $278 billion last year, the lowest annual sum since 2020, when fundraising was hampered by the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal

She needed that mental fortitude in the build-up to the Games as a series of injuries - including a hip issue in October - hampered her preparations.

From BBC

While this system works like crazy for rappers in France or Brazil, who are now all over the charts in their homelands, it potentially hampers artists in the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal

The vagaries of the schedule are something that figures to hamper MLS teams all season.

From Los Angeles Times