as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers
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Recent Examples of stymied
What’s stymied these efforts is politics.
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David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Fear of lawsuits appears to have stymied efforts to install air-monitoring equipment in planes.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Although stymied once again, the advocates are keen on making another attempt at the next legislative session.
—Andrew Quinio, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
He was called for unnecessary roughness and stymied the Steelers’ offense.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Williams, a bright and natural actor, is stymied by these emotional shifts; both she and Franco get lost trying to find their appropriate level.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
She was stymied by everything from email etiquette to how to enter a sick day into the system.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
The Bears then recovered an onside kick but were stymied by Robertson’s third interception of the game, this one to Namdi Obiazor, which sealed the Horned Frogs’ win.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, at least one high-profile Sheffield effort has been stymied without the Duggan factor.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Fear of lawsuits appears to have stymied efforts to install air-monitoring equipment in planes.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Although stymied once again, the advocates are keen on making another attempt at the next legislative session.
—Andrew Quinio, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
He was called for unnecessary roughness and stymied the Steelers’ offense.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Williams, a bright and natural actor, is stymied by these emotional shifts; both she and Franco get lost trying to find their appropriate level.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
She was stymied by everything from email etiquette to how to enter a sick day into the system.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
The Bears then recovered an onside kick but were stymied by Robertson’s third interception of the game, this one to Namdi Obiazor, which sealed the Horned Frogs’ win.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, at least one high-profile Sheffield effort has been stymied without the Duggan factor.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stymied
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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
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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
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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
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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Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Stymied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stymied. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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