stymie

Example Sentences

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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

And they understand behavioral finance and the psychological biases that can cloud your judgment and stymie your saving, spending and investing habits.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

The case marks the first attempt to apply the law “extraterritorially” to stymie a lawsuit brought in a country outside the European Union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

What I mean is, Maud loves you, and all that, and all you've got to think out is a scheme for laying the jolly old family a stymie.

From A Damsel in Distress by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)