hamstrung
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By the time their performance improved in Lisbon on Thursday, they were three goals down and effectively already out of the contest, hamstrung by their own sloppy mistakes.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Unfortunately, the production is hamstrung by fundamental problems in the writing, directing and acting, all pointing to a failure of control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote that the outage raised concerns that personnel cuts had hamstrung the Fed’s maintenance of the NIC system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Some potential homebuyers are buoyed by massive stock market gains and business profits, while others are hamstrung by inflation and interest rates at their highest levels of the year,” he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
The aftermath was horrific, with media reports showing hospitals without backup power, distraught families herded into the Superdome, emergency workers hamstrung by a lack of supplies.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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