hindered

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"I would love to tell you about it, it is eating me away inside," said Sanderson, who admitted his previous honesty about targets had hindered some of the club's negotiations.

From BBC

China’s huge trade surpluses with many Western countries have hindered its efforts to lure them away from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thomas Frank is trapped in a gilded cage at Tottenham Hotspur, his attempts to escape hindered by yet another joyless experience and more Premier League points dropped.

From BBC

"In some cases, changing the environment helped populations find higher fitness peaks; in others, it hindered them."

From Science Daily

When the EU antitrust probe was announced earlier this month WhatsApp pushed back against the claims that its new terms hindered competition as "baseless".

From Barron's