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hampering

ADJECTIVE
deterring
Synonyms




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Employees expressed worries that moving out of DeepMind will lead to less access and insight into what the teams developing Google’s Gemini AI models are working on, hampering their ability to identify relevant research questions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 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

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

But it has struggled against a lack of enforcement power and several nations -- notably China, Israel, Russia and the United States -- do not recognise its jurisdiction, hampering its ability to investigate their nationals.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

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

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls




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