as in impeding
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 stymieing
Other Knicks stepped up, particularly on the defensive end; Bridges finished the game with a layup and dance moves, after stymieing the 76ers star Tyrese Maxey.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
But its industry titans are also locked in a knock-down, drag-out fight for market share, with brutal price wars and competition in a crowded home market deflating profits and stymieing growth.
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Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
While many edicts are necessary to protect public safety, many more are redundant, wasteful and anti-competitive, piling on unnecessary costs and stymieing innovation.
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Editorial,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
The landmark 56-year-old state law has been credited with helping to preserve California’s natural beauty and protecting communities from hazardous impacts of construction projects — but also blamed for stymieing construction.
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Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
Having dumped his bid for reelection this fall under a cloud of controversy related to his federal corruption indictment, Adams was a thorn in Mamdani’s side on his way out of public service, taking a number of actions in the past few weeks directly aimed at stymieing the new mayor’s agenda.
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Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
1 Jan. 2026
Reading between the lines of his comments, Stefanski may not have wanted to expose Gabriel, who's second on Cleveland's depth chart, to such a stymieing Green Bay defense.
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Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
But its industry titans are also locked in a knock-down, drag-out fight for market share, with brutal price wars and competition in a crowded home market deflating profits and stymieing growth.
—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
While many edicts are necessary to protect public safety, many more are redundant, wasteful and anti-competitive, piling on unnecessary costs and stymieing innovation.
—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
The landmark 56-year-old state law has been credited with helping to preserve California’s natural beauty and protecting communities from hazardous impacts of construction projects — but also blamed for stymieing construction.
—
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
Having dumped his bid for reelection this fall under a cloud of controversy related to his federal corruption indictment, Adams was a thorn in Mamdani’s side on his way out of public service, taking a number of actions in the past few weeks directly aimed at stymieing the new mayor’s agenda.
—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
1 Jan. 2026
Reading between the lines of his comments, Stefanski may not have wanted to expose Gabriel, who's second on Cleveland's depth chart, to such a stymieing Green Bay defense.
—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stymieing
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Florida’s sanctuary city laws forbid local governments from impeding ICE from doing its job, such as by not sharing information with the federal government.
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Fifteen people, most of them Minnesotans, were arrested and charged last week, accused of impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
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The sanctions are hampering work on a broad array of investigations at the court.
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Winds of up to 50 mph stoked the flames and severely limited the fire response by hampering boat and aircraft access to the remote island.
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The way most businesses are using AI for marketing is hindering those connections, not helping.
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Over the decades the O’odham placed some barbed wire along the border to keep livestock from straying into the neighboring country, limiting the spread of maladies such as foot-and-mouth disease and hindering cattle thieves.
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The passenger rail service said that eight cars and two locomotives derailed after striking the dump truck that was obstructing the crossing.
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Lone Tree Police Department The driver is facing charges including DUI, reckless driving and obstructing a police officer.
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The moms aren’t embarrassing their kids.
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Several other policy changes led to blowback from the public and Starmer was forced to make a series of embarrassing U-turns that provided political capital for opponents and fed beliefs that the prime minister didn’t stand for much.
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“Stymieing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stymieing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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