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was not hindered by a lack of money because she could use what food she had on hand
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Recent Examples of hindered
David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
At an October debate, Bowman tried to portray Pureval as soft on crime and alleged that unspecified initiatives from City Hall had hindered police from doing their jobs.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
But there was no offside flag on the field, and a lack of technology hindered video assistant referees (VARs).
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Efforts to expand the streetcar system have also been hindered by state legislation that enabled a sales tax in Milwaukee and other revenue improvements.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The commuter rail project has been in the works for decades but was hindered by a lack of access to railroad tracks and funding.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
At the same time, his efforts to sell soybean-producing farmland could be hindered by the current trade climate that’s pushed soybean prices down.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Hamas has repeatedly said that widespread destruction across Gaza has hindered its ability to recover some of the hostages.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
When pirating hindered the shipping of gold to Lisbon, Paraty pivoted to farming sugarcane (the basis of cachaça) and later became one of the earliest hubs for coffee growing in a country that is still the globe’s largest exporter of beans.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
At an October debate, Bowman tried to portray Pureval as soft on crime and alleged that unspecified initiatives from City Hall had hindered police from doing their jobs.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
But there was no offside flag on the field, and a lack of technology hindered video assistant referees (VARs).
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Efforts to expand the streetcar system have also been hindered by state legislation that enabled a sales tax in Milwaukee and other revenue improvements.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The commuter rail project has been in the works for decades but was hindered by a lack of access to railroad tracks and funding.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
At the same time, his efforts to sell soybean-producing farmland could be hindered by the current trade climate that’s pushed soybean prices down.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Hamas has repeatedly said that widespread destruction across Gaza has hindered its ability to recover some of the hostages.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hindered
Verb
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This isn’t the first time injuries have hampered Norfleet.—
Chase Gemes,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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All of these issues combined have left Target with a workforce that has grown faster than sales and a complex corporate structure that has hampered decision-making and created needless red tape.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annie Palmer,Frank Holland,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, Simmons’ financial liabilities don’t seem to have impeded his movements.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Gaza desperately needs items that the Israeli government has frequently impeded, such as emergency shelter supplies, infrastructure reconstruction materials, medical supplies, fuel, and power generation.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Depending on your vantage point, the band was often semi-obstructed or blocked from view.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gone were the giant inflated Brown statues that appeared during recent Breezy Bowl shows (and at his Tycoon Music Festival appearance here in April), which prompted concertgoer complaints about obstructed views.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Hindered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hindered. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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