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But businesses say they can also hobble a firm’s ability to get financing or compete for federal contracts, and other critics say that tends to hurt shareholders and employees more than executives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

England explained his exile on grounds of conditioning, on a tendency to lose pace or hobble out of matches altogether.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Even if the war ends soon, his “excursion” will hobble the economy for months.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

Even more concerning than the Lakers’ 139-96 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday was watching superstar guard Luka Doncic hobble off the court with a left hamstring injury in the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026

When the trolley came to their stop, the ghost was gone, and the old man got off in front of them and began to hobble down the block in the opposite direction.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Huntington Park police released video of three officers approaching Anthony Lowe as he hobbles away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025

If the hit from U.S. tariffs hobbles growth significantly, that could prompt the RBI to act again, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

One of those points is that Apple intentionally hobbles third-party messaging apps to make them less attractive than the phone’s default Messages app.

From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2024

Matthieu Jalibert hobbles off the field and that is a blow for France, who are already without Romain Ntamack at fly-half.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

I don’t mention my leg when I go in to interview, and Greta’s got hobbles of her own and doesn’t seem to notice that there’s anything different about me.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Minutes later, 8-year-old Carter Olsen hobbled in with his worried mother after hurting his arm in a fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

That particular quagmire, however, hobbled and ultimately ended the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson and damaged US global standing for at least a decade.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Supply crunches have hobbled semiconductor production before, and explosive demand for niche materials due to AI has made many major chip makers dependent on a single company’s output.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Still, Beijing remains an economic anchor for North Korea, whose economy has been hobbled for years by international sanctions over its nuclear programme.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

My mom had gone down to stay with her for a while and I’d hobbled upstairs and tried to soak the shards of light bulb out of my feet in the tub.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

After hobbling back for another go, she scored a 9.712, clinching the team’s historic win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Critics are concerned that the spending cuts are already hobbling the agency’s ability to ensure more complex returns are filed correctly.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Texas Tech is hobbling into the tournament without star forward J.T.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

Jamie Smith was run out in a mix-up with Bethell, a hobbling Stokes poked to slip and Brydon Carse edged the superb Scott Boland.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

Scores of stragglers dropped behind the retreating columns, hobbling alone or in twos or threes and struggling desperately to stay in touch with their units.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman