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hobble

[hob-uhl] / ˈhɒb əl /




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Torpedoing the Fable 5 model will hobble Anthropic to the benefit of its competitors, including OpenAI and Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

England explained his exile on grounds of conditioning, on a tendency to lose pace or hobble out of matches altogether.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Even if the war ends soon, his “excursion” will hobble the economy for months.

From Salon May 31, 2026

The tussle could hobble Anthropic’s business with the government.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

His left side seemed one single long unpleasantly stretched scar, and he really had to hobble on his two rows of legs.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

If the hit from U.S. tariffs hobbles growth significantly, that could prompt the RBI to act again, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

One of those points is that Apple intentionally hobbles third-party messaging apps to make them less attractive than the phone’s default Messages app.

From Slate Mar. 21, 2024

It hobbles, rather than empowers, Albertsons’ investing for the future.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2022

And dependence on ticket sales also hobbles programming innovation.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2022

But you can’t get to London without money and that’s why he hobbles up to us that Friday, the day before Confirmation.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Once a near-mythical figure, seen only in a handful of long-outdated photos, Zambada, 76, hobbled into a packed courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

That particular quagmire, however, hobbled and ultimately ended the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson and damaged US global standing for at least a decade.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The company’s current structure has hobbled the stock with a severe discount that has kept the shares’ valuation cheaper than 97% of other S&P 500 companies, based on a multiple of projected earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Still, Beijing remains an economic anchor for North Korea, whose economy has been hobbled for years by international sanctions over its nuclear programme.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

We hobbled into the village of Nizankowice near midnight, and I knocked on the door of Mrs. Nowak, the Catholic woman who had been boarding Max during the week while he worked with Dr. Schillinger.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Two decades of gloom all but wiped out the gauzy memories of the gutty mid-90s teams and the Nixon-era titles with Clyde, Pearl, DeBusschere and Willis Reed hobbling out from the tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Texas Tech is hobbling into the tournament without star forward J.T.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

Rather than hobbling BYD, the EU’s tariffs gave the company and its dealers a push, said Bernstein analyst Eunice Lee.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

China is also racing to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia products, which have faced US export restrictions, hobbling the Chinese tech sector.

From Barron's Jan. 5, 2026

That afternoon when Fatima's parents came home from work, they were ready to ask about her first walk home but noticed her hobbling.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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