hindrance
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Two-time Indian Wells finalist Medvedev then asked umpire Aurelie Tourte for a video review to see whether Draper had been guilty of hindrance - making an action or noise to disturb an opponent.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Aryna Sabalenka was called for hindrance for a change in her grunt during her Australian Open semi-final against Elina Svitolina in January.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 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
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