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hamper

[ham-per] / ˈhæm pər /
NOUN
basket for storage
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Tesla is recalling nearly three million cars in China with interior door handles that could hamper a person's ability to exit their vehicle in an emergency, Beijing's national market watchdog said.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

"Factors like insecurity, population displacement, and cross-border movement continue to hamper response efforts and increase the risk of further spread," it said.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Paramount has said the deal will boost competition — not hamper it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Owning tanks placed on customer property can protect DCC from competitors, but it can also hamper its ability to expand as rivals take the same approach, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

She flung clothes out of the hamper, finally pulling out a light-blue Pepsi shirt and putting it on.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

It also stressed the need for greater transparency around how social media works as "opaque algorithms and content moderation hampers the ability of young users to understand why certain content is recommended, suppressed or removed".

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

The skills deficit hampers new grads as they are trying to launch themselves, he said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

At 2.25%, the main rate sits at the low end of the central bank’s estimate for neutral, or the level at which policy neither stimulates nor hampers growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

The fundraising was spearheaded by former teaching assistant Annie Jennings and personal trainer Lewis Wardale, who raised more than £4,000 to create 280 hampers.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

People in Spokane found their picnic hampers and filled them with sandwiches and loaded them in the backseats of their own cars and headed west.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Word of the senior departures spread across the industry Friday, creating worries that Fannie’s ability to provide stability to prices and activity could be hampered.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

This is the stench that hampered Hong’s campaign.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

The epicentre of this outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, is in the east of DR Congo where insecurity has hampered control efforts.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

But recent graduate Faye Goodwin, 20, feels that it has hampered her social life.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

He fought the evergreen for a better look, hampered more by his laughter than by the branches.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Employees expressed worries that moving out of DeepMind will lead to less access and insight into what the teams developing Google’s Gemini AI models are working on, hampering their ability to identify relevant research questions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

But a growing number of fans say a crackdown on bootlegged merchandise is hampering that spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Guam passed laws this year banning deep-sea mining vessels from calling at its ports, potentially hampering the industry by cutting off a crucial source of fuel and supplies.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

With the hampering help of my sisters I made the little doghouse.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls




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