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Tech industry groups opposed Lowentha’s bill, arguing it would hamper users’ ability to connect with family and friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

These same rules also hamper firms’ ability to make long-term investments that could benefit clients and the legal system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her suggestion that they share her hamper proves hard to resist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I certainly wasn’t ready for the robots to dig through my laundry hamper.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Without even thinking, I dive fully into the linen closet, squeezing myself next to the laundry hamper, Rolf’s rumpled uniform clutched in my fists.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Earlier this year, former England defender Anita Asante suggested extended gaps between league games hampers momentum and rhythm for fans.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

A Hormuz bottleneck has taken its toll on global oil supply and snarled supply chains, while the targeting of energy infrastructure last week hampers energy production capacity.

From Barron's ● Mar. 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

A train of mules trailed behind them, carrying chests and ~ casks and barrels, and hampers of delectables to keep the lord of cheese from growing peckish.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The second-year forward has been hampered by his balky left knee since college, when he missed the the end of his junior season after surgery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The response to the DRC's outbreak has been hampered by the distrust of parts of the population.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Part of what hampered his chances of a reprieve were extracts from his diaries which were widely circulated, publicly outing him as a homosexual.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, mines in northern and central Chile were forced to reduce operations in July and August due to heavy rains linked to El Nino that knocked out power and hampered access to the sites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Perilee ran to Karl, her progress hampered by exhaustion and her round middle.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Funding of councils, says the JRF, is "stretched to breaking point", with the current model "increasingly unfit for purpose" and "hampering local efforts to reduce poverty".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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

In recent days, wind gusts reaching 80 kilometres per hour had grounded aircraft for safety reasons, hampering firefighting efforts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Despite firefighting efforts, strong winds are fanning flames and hampering containment operations - with local media reporting that firefighting aircraft have been unable to fly on Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls