hindrance

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A review will also be allowed at the end of a point if a player feels his opponent may be guilty of hindrance.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Sabalenka said players should stop proceedings immediately and call for a video review for hindrance, following Daniil Medvedev's dispute with Jack Draper in the quarter-finals.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

In Northern Europe, winter isn’t a hindrance for war, but in fact makes it more likely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Severe winter weather can also be a hindrance, as it was last month.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

But aboard Old Nero, Roger quickly found that his freewheeling rowing style was more hindrance than help when it came to mastering the racing stroke that Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson taught in the 1930s.

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