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Recent Examples of hindrance Leah Williamson’s absence with a knee injury sustained in the Euro 2025 final has been a huge hindrance both in defence and attack. Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 On the day of the massacre, the shooter opened and walked through the west door with no hindrance, though it had been pulled shut by a teacher. Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 All these anachronisms are at least a matter of inside baseball, if a hindrance to Baylin and Susman’s attempts to evoke the same textured, realist milieu as the Safdie brothers. Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025 For her, regulatory guardrails are less a hindrance than a necessary framework. Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hindrance
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Noun
  • Shiffrin doesn't view this as an obstacle either, nor something to fear at this stage of the game.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Minister Kabawat’s optimism comes despite immense obstacles.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shooting presented unique logistical hurdles, with different sequences filmed across multiple golf courses around Manila’s peripheries due to restrictions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But economists warned Argentina’s assets — and the US government’s bet on Milei’s success — still face hurdles.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Arrests were made for offenses including obstruction of the highway, hindering law enforcement duties, and assault on police.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Observing and recording law enforcement is generally protected, but warning people to avoid arrest or physically interfering with ICE operations could be considered obstruction.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The scandal resulted in major embarrassment to the royal family and effectively ended her official royal role.
    Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Teens say access to period products has gotten better, but their menstrual cycles are still a source of embarrassment.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Hindrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hindrance. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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