stymie
Example Sentences
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The noisy blasts that pepper towns across China in the weeks surrounding the Lunar New Year holiday were stymied after provinces began imposing strict bans on fireworks in the 2010s over safety and pollution concerns.
From Barron's
The new works Audi team, the German manufacturer having taken over Sauber and produced their own engine, were stymied by a fair few reliability problems early in the test.
From BBC
And they understand behavioral finance and the psychological biases that can cloud your judgment and stymie your saving, spending and investing habits.
From MarketWatch
The rules did draw backlash from some local startups, which called the rules vague or warned the fresh impediments could stymie innovation.
Abbott Laboratories ABT -10.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it raised prices across its nutrition business in order to cover rising costs, and that those increases hurt demand and stymied sales.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
