stymie

Another issue with the potential to stymie talks from the beginning is the crucial oil shipping passage the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

It was supposed to improve information-sharing, not stymie it.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

Officials have not yet released the identities of any victims, and extreme weather in the area has continued to stymie efforts to search for the missing body, or even to retrieve those already confirmed dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Gold’s recovery back above $5,000 threatens to stymie any crypto rebound before it even gets going,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Well, the first thing to be done it to get rid of Loudon's stymie with the authorities.

From Huntingtower by John Buchan

There is a degree of obscurantism in all this, as Mr. Kracht’s bizarre book willfully stymies understanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

She said: “This is a disappointing and flawed approach that stymies crucial efforts to free Jimmy Lai and fundamentally undermines the government’s official position that he must be released.”

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

“We need to be able to break the gridlock that too often stymies progress and blocks consensus at the Council.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

"Include me in that category, if it's unnecessary and inappropriate regulation that stymies innovation and technology advancements," Bucshon said.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023

If the balls are much more than a foot apart, the "follow-through method" of playing stymies is almost certain to fail.

From The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon

One researcher investigating AI’s effects on children has expressed concerns of “cognitive stunting” — critical thinking skills prohibited from developing, just as physical growth can be stymied by malnutrition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The team’s ambitious plans to gather ice-sheet data were stymied by storms, a rudder problem, a medical emergency and the threat of ice closing in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Interviews with victims in the hospital were brief and stymied by officials who repeatedly bounced AFP journalists between different offices to seek approval.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Potential scientific breakthroughs could be stymied: in medicine, agriculture and even climate change adaptation.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

For the previous two years, her visits had been stymied by local magistrates and by the repeated bannings that prevented her from traveling.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

They were so afraid of running out of money that it was stymieing their ability to enjoy today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another issue stymieing fundraising is the perception among some investors that they haven’t seen the desired liquidity from their Asian investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But their robustness means “everybody’s already got their mustang,” she said, stymieing the prospect of mass adoptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Second, at all levels of government, we must loosen regulations that are stymieing the construction and preservation of affordable homes.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025

Faison thanked the officer on Monday for stymieing "what we believe were the original aims of this white supremacist domestic terrorist."

From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023