hindering

Example Sentences

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The legal challenge risks hindering a key part of the agreement, which Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said would help "restore order and control to our borders" when signing the deal in France last month.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Authorities were also reportedly worried that Anthropic does not have sufficient computing power to share the technology with the additional companies without hindering the government's ability to use it.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The commission fined Mondelez International €337.5 million in 2024 for illegally hindering cross-border trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

But executives from IBM, Microsoft and other companies say thinking of AI agents as analogous to human workers is hindering attempts to get full value from the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“You are hindering Nico. You try to persuade him to give up his goal. I would make him a lord!”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan