stymie

But would they be able to if there is validity in their current claim that plenty of institutions are trying to stymie them?

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Setting emotions aside, the timing of childbirth for older parents can stymie their earning power.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Local and state officials worry the mortgage payout delays could further stymie what’s become an already slow recovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was supposed to improve information-sharing, not stymie it.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

The match stood all square with three to play and Abe laid Johnny what looked like a very dead stymie at the sixteenth, but Johnny somehow got round it.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Horace G. Hutchinson

Europe’s lack of one big customer also stymies defense-tech newcomers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

She said: “This is a disappointing and flawed approach that stymies crucial efforts to free Jimmy Lai and fundamentally undermines the government’s official position that he must be released.”

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

Redmond’s secret is mundane, but it’s one that often stymies elected officials: make a plan and stick with it.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

“We need to be able to break the gridlock that too often stymies progress and blocks consensus at the Council.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

An interesting case was quoted to me some time since of the success a man achieved in lofting over stymies, and the reason why.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Henry Leach

He is understandably traumatized, put under police investigation and stymied when he tries to find out more about the dead girl and her motives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They wrote the album during a rough time personally, as they struggled to get out of a stymied label deal that cost them four years between records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

You haven’t seen how, at every step in creating, tooling and staffing a factory, Astra might be stymied into cul-de-sacs that a human helper would repeatedly have to steer it out of.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge pro-democracy protests has stymied dissent in the financial hub.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Having failed to locate any living witnesses, White found himself stymied, and Hale seemed aware that agents were onto him.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

They were so afraid of running out of money that it was stymieing their ability to enjoy today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Google plans to spend $4.75 billion to help solve a problem stymieing the AI race: finding enough electricity to run an ever-larger fleet of data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Second, at all levels of government, we must loosen regulations that are stymieing the construction and preservation of affordable homes.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025

It is largely good news for the government, which has introduced new policies to fill job gaps that businesses say were stymieing growth, although any significant rise in house prices will play badly for voters.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023