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Tesla is recalling nearly three million cars in China with interior door handles that could hamper a person's ability to exit their vehicle in an emergency, Beijing's national market watchdog said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Sanctions severely hamper individuals' abilities to carry out even routine financial transactions as any banks with ties to the US, or that conduct transactions in dollars, are expected to have to comply with the restrictions.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The state’s powerful doctors’ lobby, the California Medical Assn., also opposes the measure, arguing it would ban clinics from keeping funding in reserves and hamper their ability to upgrade equipment or expand to new locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

How much will this hamper future criminal investigations of robberies, assaults, and other serious crimes?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Jaw clenched, I turn the stupid hamper around so the hole is in the back and carefully close the closet door.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The skills deficit hampers new grads as they are trying to launch themselves, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

A Hormuz bottleneck has taken its toll on global oil supply and snarled supply chains, while the targeting of energy infrastructure last week hampers energy production capacity.

From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026

At 2.25%, the main rate sits at the low end of the central bank’s estimate for neutral, or the level at which policy neither stimulates nor hampers growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

A foodbank is asking donors to consider trying a "reverse advent calendar" this year – giving 24 items to help provide Christmas hampers to families in need.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

A train of mules trailed behind them, carrying chests and ~ casks and barrels, and hampers of delectables to keep the lord of cheese from growing peckish.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Word of the senior departures spread across the industry Friday, creating worries that Fannie’s ability to provide stability to prices and activity could be hampered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Kenya’s Red Cross said early Wednesday that search and recovery efforts were ongoing at the crash site, but had been hampered by difficult terrain and an active fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

This is the stench that hampered Hong’s campaign.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

But recent graduate Faye Goodwin, 20, feels that it has hampered her social life.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Peeta starts up hampered by not only the leg but the knife in his hand.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Guam passed laws this year banning deep-sea mining vessels from calling at its ports, potentially hampering the industry by cutting off a crucial source of fuel and supplies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Despite firefighting efforts, strong winds are fanning flames and hampering containment operations - with local media reporting that firefighting aircraft have been unable to fly on Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Within days, he yielded to perhaps the most significant of the protesters’ demands, firing the country’s top military commander, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy, who was widely criticized for sticking to old-school Soviet ways and hampering change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

To the west, the Demeter cabin and Grovers nature spirits had turned Sixth Avenue into a jungle that was hampering a squadron of Kronos s demigods.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan