stymie
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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
In Port Washington north of Milwaukee, where a new data center is being built, voters approved a ballot question that could stymie future projects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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
He had been able to stymie that trip on the excuse that he'd almost certainly lose his job and that new jobs were too hard to get in a depression era.
From A World Apart by Merwin, Sam
Vocabulary lists containing stymie
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