hampering
Example Sentences
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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
Cooling every home by machine would strain the grid and warm the streets, hampering the effort to slow the warming that drives the demand.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Investors seemed to react to weekend clashes hampering traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and wondered is multiple interest rate hikes are more likely to emerge this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Winds of up to 50 mph stoked the flames and severely limited the fire response by hampering boat and aircraft access to the remote island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
With the hampering help of my sisters I made the little doghouse.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
