hamstrung
Example Sentences
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“Everything is just costing a higher amount, and people are needing to take a withdrawal because many people don’t have emergency savings. The problem is that, by the time you retire, you’ve hamstrung your growth.”
From MarketWatch
He added that the decision about whether to proceed with the prosecution was taken by the CPS, "who were hamstrung by antiquated legislation".
From BBC
For the first time since the 2019 political showdown that hamstrung the National Basketball Association’s aspirations in China, both of the league’s biggest stars returned to the basketball-crazy nation to plug their shoe brands.
That natural attrition is slowing because more workers, hamstrung by declining job openings and spooked by fears of an economic downturn, are staying put.
“For decades, the Department has been hamstrung by entrenched staffing problems and organizational culture resistant to reform and accountability,” she said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
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