stunting

present participle of stunt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stunting Trading parking options for an additional lane might make the trek to Mile Square Park more difficult, stunting accessibility to its golf courses, baseball fields and many public facilities, officials said. Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025 Bowles abuses those pass-blocking rules by stunting the three-technique, Logan Hall (90), across the left guard's face, knowing the guard will follow him. Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 No drive-ending, momentum-stunting, scratch-your-head interceptions. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025 Students in kindergarten through eighth grade participated in the clinic, doing a mix of stunting, tumbling, cheering and more. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025 Former President Biden took great pains to try and forgive student loans for college students, even though the cost to future taxpayers would be enormous and economically stunting. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 This is affecting business cash flow and stunting inclusive economic growth. Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Genius in one area of life can be stunting in other domains. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025 Both Franco and Reyes, who are still dealing with health issues related to the tragedy at Robb Elementary, feel this fight for information is stunting their healing. Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stunting
Verb
  • Pocketbook issues – high prices of goods, inflation and possible weakening in the labor market – are suppressing sentiment.
    Joanne Hsu, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This group includes patients undergoing cancer treatment, transplant recipients and individuals taking immune-suppressing medications.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Phil Rinn was among those who felt the momentum needed to continue through a general strike, halting the flow of work and consumerism until substantial changes were made.
    Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The plaintiffs in the New York suit seek a declaration that the surveillance program is unconstitutional, an injunction halting its operation, and an order requiring the government to purge any records derived from online monitoring.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, the invading trees and shrubs also compete with prairie plants for light, water, and space, often pushing the grassland plants out of the way and diminishing the habitat options available to animals that depend on native plants.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Survey participants said reasons for the diminishing access included affordability, fears about not being taken seriously or the potential for involuntary hospitalization, the survey said.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While Fleck has had success against the Huskers, his team’s two main problems (tackling and blocking) haven’t been resolved.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The unusually large protest crippled traffic in the heart of the Belgian capital, blocking major roads.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The metro Detroit rallies have advocated for causes including stopping immigration crackdowns, stopping authoritarianism, health care, maintaining a positive relationship with Canada amid tariffs, declaring Detroit a sanctuary city, stopping deaths in Gaza and more.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Nihi has 25 of Sumba’s beloved sandalwood horses, released from their stable once a day to run free through the shallows, stopping to roll around in the sand and nip at each other.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Supporters argue that downstate residents have been politically sidelined for decades — victims of a system that concentrates power and money in Chicago while rural communities struggle with job losses, rising taxes, and shrinking populations.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Following a young woman navigating life after growing up in an orphanage, the film transforms her shrinking apartment into a dreamlike maze of memory and loss, using striking visual metaphors to explore belonging, self-worth, and the fragile hope of starting over.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Altogether, 2,500 events are scheduled in big cities, suburbs and tiny towns across the nation, dwarfing the 1,800 scheduled before the June 14 protests of the same name.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Today, the Buffett Indicator is above 210%, dwarfing its peak 25 years ago.
    Christine Romans, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Stunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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