hamstrung

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In other words, AI will continue to be adopted by more people and companies, but that won’t necessarily benefit the hyperscalers—they will find themselves increasingly hamstrung by electricity constraints.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Yet its efforts have been hamstrung by tariffs and other issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

A lot of people are sick of feeling hamstrung.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2025

He added that the decision about whether to proceed with the prosecution was taken by the CPS, "who were hamstrung by antiquated legislation".

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

We are hamstrung every minute of every day, because we must always consider whether we are gleaning too much or too little.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman