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Recent Examples of hobbled
The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The hobbled infielder put the Blue Jays up early in the game with an incredible three-run home run.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
How Tehran’s theocracy responds in the weeks and months ahead, whether that means lashing out or trying to rebuild its hobbled economy at home, will be crucial.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
And Canada had much stricter quarantining and social-distancing guidelines, which resulted in hobbled attendance and many stars opting to skip TIFF all together.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Yet Amorim — and United as a whole — muddled through the 2025-26 season with many of the same issues that hobbled the previous campaign.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
So the staffer hobbled around the large Golden campus through the snow and ice.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
But Suggs scored just a point in the second half, and he clearly was hobbled.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
Zelensky is hobbled at home, power cuts and frontline casualties blighting morale, and the repeat agony of loss, diplomatic deceit and pressure, coupled with ebbing aid, lead so many to question where this story ends without a growing Russian win?
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
His re-election bid was hobbled by the city’s Campaign Finance Board, which denied him more than $4 million in matching funds, citing the corruption charges.
—Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The attempt was reportedly hobbled by the postpandemic consolidation of the auction market.
—News Desk, Artforum, 20 Oct. 2025
This year a string of grant programs have been eliminated, hobbled or delayed.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
This was expected from this group — motivated by a loss to the Vikings and playing a hobbled and below-average Commanders defense — but to do it in this manner was an emphatic flex of their muscles.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The hobbled infielder put the Blue Jays up early in the game with an incredible three-run home run.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
How Tehran’s theocracy responds in the weeks and months ahead, whether that means lashing out or trying to rebuild its hobbled economy at home, will be crucial.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
And Canada had much stricter quarantining and social-distancing guidelines, which resulted in hobbled attendance and many stars opting to skip TIFF all together.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Greene soon hobbled into the consultant’s office on crutches—a CrossFit injury, apparently.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Yet Amorim — and United as a whole — muddled through the 2025-26 season with many of the same issues that hobbled the previous campaign.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
So the staffer hobbled around the large Golden campus through the snow and ice.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
But Suggs scored just a point in the second half, and he clearly was hobbled.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
Zelensky is hobbled at home, power cuts and frontline casualties blighting morale, and the repeat agony of loss, diplomatic deceit and pressure, coupled with ebbing aid, lead so many to question where this story ends without a growing Russian win?
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
His re-election bid was hobbled by the city’s Campaign Finance Board, which denied him more than $4 million in matching funds, citing the corruption charges.
—Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The attempt was reportedly hobbled by the postpandemic consolidation of the auction market.
—News Desk, Artforum, 20 Oct. 2025
This year a string of grant programs have been eliminated, hobbled or delayed.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbled
Adjective
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That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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The feeble job market may be keeping wage growth subdued, some economists point out.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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That year, the Port of Baltimore was hampered by the collapse of the Frances Scott Key Bridge.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Production snags have hampered the comeback bid, a disappointment for investors who anticipated more of a boost from new products.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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In the fourth quarter, Marcus Smart went down amid a pile of players in the lane and eventually limped to the locker room never to return.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026
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The Packers limped into the postseason in 2024, too, finishing with three straight losses.—
Steve Megargee,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As a result, the water vapor in that impeded breath condenses on the surface of your immediately-adjacent prescription glasses, sunglasses or ski goggles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Jan. 2026
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Adding palbociclib, however, blocked this adaptation and impeded the cancer cells’ ability to survive.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Some were developmentally disabled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Known as Medi-Cal in California, the program provides health insurance to low-income and disabled individuals.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Concepcion dealt with a speech impediment that hindered his public speaking.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s ability to increase across-the-board tariffs on goods from South Korea or other countries could be hindered by the outcome of a landmark tariff case currently before the Supreme Court.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Dear Eric: My infirm 83-year-old parents (stroke, blindness and memory issues) live with my husband and me.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
16 Dec. 2025
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Executive orders that are constitutionally infirm; unwarranted attacks on public sector employees; taxation policy favoring the ultra-wealthy.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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During our first visit, Maryam, embarrassed by her English, refused to ask the salesperson a question.—
Jennifer Obel,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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We’re all supposed to be embarrassed by prizes or feel above them or apart from them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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