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Recent Examples of hobbled
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
Michael Silver, New York Times, 3 Nov. 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
Payton’s tight end room is currently led by 31-year-old Evan Engram, who’s picked up steam but was hobbled for weeks.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
One video posted online showed armed security officers approaching one of the tents as a man hobbled away from the scene.
—CNN Money, 22 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
But negative reviews out of a Venice Film Festival premiere in August seem to have hobbled the film.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
Pretoria’s efforts to lower carbon emissions have been hobbled in recent years by resistance within state power utility Eskom, which faces potentially radical restructuring as part of the energy transition.
—semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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
That awakening was provoked by the post-bye-week return of star tight end Brock Bowers from a knee injury that had hobbled or sidelined him for most of the season.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 3 Nov. 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
Payton’s tight end room is currently led by 31-year-old Evan Engram, who’s picked up steam but was hobbled for weeks.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
One video posted online showed armed security officers approaching one of the tents as a man hobbled away from the scene.
—CNN Money, 22 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
But negative reviews out of a Venice Film Festival premiere in August seem to have hobbled the film.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
Pretoria’s efforts to lower carbon emissions have been hobbled in recent years by resistance within state power utility Eskom, which faces potentially radical restructuring as part of the energy transition.
—semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbled
Adjective
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And honestly, what could be more feeble?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their calculations show that a feeble interaction between the inflaton field and elementary particles called gluons would be sufficient to warm up inflation.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
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Defender Jefferson Diaz limped off the in Game 2, but trained in full Friday.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
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Republicans and Democrats continue to blame each other for the shutdown that has limped into a second month.—
Chase Jordan
Updated November 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But San Francisco’s star running back impeded Lake enough for Jones to make the throw.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
10 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
Adjective
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The show fares better with the Irvine clan, which in addition to Milo, Marissa and Peter includes Peter’s sister, Lia (Abby Elliott), a recovering drug addict, and their brother, Brian (Daniel Monks), a disabled day trader.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many recipients are elderly, disabled, or children, groups unable to participate in the workforce.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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In June, because of Austen’s worsening condition and a bureaucratic glitch, plans were being set in motion to move her to Welfare Island, then a location of public institutions for the aged and infirm.—
Margaret Hetherman,
NBC news,
19 Oct. 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
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“Hobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbled. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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