hampering
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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
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
Mr. Montefiore says the West’s “self-regarding secularism,” is hampering our understanding of the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
To the west, the Demeter cabin and Grovers nature spirits had turned Sixth Avenue into a jungle that was hampering a squadron of Kronos s demigods.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
