hamper
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And as companies increasingly turn to external financing to pay for the ongoing AI buildout, higher yields could hamper some companies’ ability to finance new data centers.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Camara's death may also hamper the relationship with Russia, according to Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a centre-right German think tank.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The shortage is straining a market where supplies can’t be switched on quickly, threatening to hamper production of everything from semiconductors to military-drone components and space rockets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Initial symptoms of meningitis include headache, fever, drowsiness and a stiff neck -- but those are symptoms of different illnesses and can hamper prompt diagnosis.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
There was the picnic hamper of sandwiches, the trunk full of supplies, the cave walls full of Beowulf’s childish scrawls.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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