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Wrobleski finally threw a hitless fourth, working around a leadoff walk to briefly stymie the Cubs’ offensive push.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Sacks and others have long seen calls for AI regulation by companies such as Anthropic as efforts to use new laws and policies to stymie competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

Or, with the game all square and one to play, To be defeated by a stymie?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

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

Men who had but lately scoffed at the little white ball now talked of stymies and lies and devits as if they had known them all their lives.

From Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon

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

When retirees arrive at this place where they have everything mapped out and now it’s time to just work the plan, they can get stymied.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Yet again, they found their voices stymied, their input limited to Post-it notes.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

A federal district judge stymied the Justice Department’s attempt to investigate former Fed Chair Jerome Powell, throwing out subpoenas that were part of a probe into his congressional testimony about the central bank’s building-renovation project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

I thought for a few minutes, stymied about how to get out of math.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Google plans to spend $4.75 billion to help solve a problem stymieing the AI race: finding enough electricity to run an ever-larger fleet of data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 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

Georgia is also one of a group of states that outlaw direct sales of vehicles — stymieing companies like Tesla and Rivian that don’t sell their vehicles through dealerships.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023

However, experts say removing the monarchy from the Canadian constitution could prove difficult, perhaps stymieing any imminent moves towards a republic.

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022