stymied

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Stymied researchers have instead tried to refine their models of virtual hadronic blobs with data harvested from real ones produced by collisions of electrons in other experiments.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023

Stymied in many of her top priorities both domestically and internationally, the treasury secretary has been absorbed in rallying the world to her proposal.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

Stymied by the Marlins pitching staff, the Mariners couldn’t recover from the game-changing inning with a rally, instead suffering a 3-1 defeat.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022

Stymied by the studio system, he eventually turned to fiction; his debut novel, the 700-plus page opus “Antkind,” came out in July to strong reviews.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2020

Stymied by the British, Ludendorff turned on the French.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman