hampered

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It likely delayed its detection and hampered efforts to deliver tests and treatment to the affected areas.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

These efforts have been hampered by the recent departure of Chairman Albert Manifold, who was abruptly fired last month amid concerns about bullying behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

New Zealand have dropped five catches across the match and been hampered by a back injury to key bowler Matt Henry.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The blood-brain barrier has hampered treatment of neurological disorders, says Luka Kulic, who heads early development in neuroscience and rare diseases at Roche.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

If I have done well by the measures of childhood, it must be added that those measures themselves are hampered by how little a boy of my captive class had seen.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates