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Recent Examples of hobbled
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
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
Forward Drake Batherson and defenceman Tyler Kleven, meanwhile, won’t start the season with Ottawa as both are hobbled with injuries.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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
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
Forward Drake Batherson and defenceman Tyler Kleven, meanwhile, won’t start the season with Ottawa as both are hobbled with injuries.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbled
Adjective
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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
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Without getting into spoilers, her one-and-done appearance in Episode 5 presents the perfect opportunity for the more-than-capable Meester to match wits with Bell’s judgmental Joanna, only to strand the actor with boring, obvious jokes and saddle her with a feeble resolution.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hubbard has been somewhat hampered by injury this season, missing two of his team's eight games.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just assessing the damage could take weeks, and airport closures have hampered recovery efforts.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The combative Andy Robertson produced the pass of the match to release Ekitike for the equaliser and like Jones, the Scottish left-back really should keep his place at Brentford with Conor Bradley set to continue on the right after Jeremie Frimpong limped off with another hamstring injury.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The husband once had to tackle it, and twisted his ankle, limped for weeks rather than see a doctor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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Weekly Newsletter Audiences were asked to consider that the display of human difference was dehumanizing or even exploitative but also to understand that the sideshow represented a locus of community and a way for disabled performers to make an independent living.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Marissa Bode, who plays Elphaba’s disabled sister Nessarose, confirms her character’s origin story will differ from the stage version.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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The victim of the offense was a person with a disability and the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was a person with a disability or mentally or physically infirm.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
6 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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