hobble
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Even if the war ends soon, his “excursion” will hobble the economy for months.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
"I vowed to myself I would never hobble after my hip replacement," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Although the hurdles are surmountable, the additional procedural requirements could hobble a fast-moving operation, current and former U.S. officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
The tussle could hobble Anthropic’s business with the government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
She’ll hobble like Mr. Giancarlo the whole run if she must.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
India has suffered job losses as a 50% U.S. tariff, among the highest in the world, hobbles Indian exporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
One of those points is that Apple intentionally hobbles third-party messaging apps to make them less attractive than the phone’s default Messages app.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2024
Matthieu Jalibert hobbles off the field and that is a blow for France, who are already without Romain Ntamack at fly-half.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
Tom hobbles through a world he fails to see.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
But then he catches a glimpse of me and immediately hobbles up to turn the television off.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
Earlier in the week, there was the agonizing sight of Jack Draper, the former Top-10 British wunderkind, tearing up mid-match as he continues to be hobbled by arm pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In a blistering attack after being ousted, Fedorov said Syrsky had hobbled his attempts at modernisation -- on procurement, equipment and mobilisation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Once a near-mythical figure, seen only in a handful of long-outdated photos, Zambada, 76, hobbled into a packed courtroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
That particular quagmire, however, hobbled and ultimately ended the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson and damaged US global standing for at least a decade.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
With that, she hobbled to the door, but before leaving, she turned, pointed two fingers at her eyes, and then pointed them at me.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
She and others also feared hobbling the movement they’d spent their lives building up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
After hobbling back for another go, she scored a 9.712, clinching the team’s historic win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Texas Tech is hobbling into the tournament without star forward J.T.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
That was followed by a Welsh penalty from Jarrod Evans, on for the hobbling Costelow, who had been controlling the game beautifully.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
One of them was hobbling on one leg, his other leg amputated below the knee.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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