stymie

Example Sentences

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The measure was widely decried by many in tech, who warned it would unleash patchwork regulation that would stymie AI development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The administration could also stymie builder share repurchases, Kim noted.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Critics of the effort to list lion populations have said that it will stymie residential and commercial projects.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

If the government shutdown drags on and the U.S.-China trade dispute remains unresolved, it could stymie the pickup in economic activity that investors have seen over the past few months, the BofA team said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

Fortune indeed had smiled upon me, I lay a dead and perfect stymie!

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet