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hamper

[ham-per] / ˈhæm pər /
NOUN
basket for storage
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OpenAI filed a legal response asserting that Apple filed a baseless trade secret theft lawsuit to hamper OpenAI’s recruiting and stall its AI work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

In a late-night legal filing, OpenAI asserted that Apple filed a baseless lawsuit in an attempt to hamper its ability to recruit new employees and ultimately stall its effort to develop competing technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Tesla is recalling nearly three million cars in China with interior door handles that could hamper a person's ability to exit their vehicle in an emergency, Beijing's national market watchdog said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Sanctions severely hamper individuals' abilities to carry out even routine financial transactions as any banks with ties to the US, or that conduct transactions in dollars, are expected to have to comply with the restrictions.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

He came back when he had left the hamper and stopped by the kitchen hearth.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

It also stressed the need for greater transparency around how social media works as "opaque algorithms and content moderation hampers the ability of young users to understand why certain content is recommended, suppressed or removed".

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The skills deficit hampers new grads as they are trying to launch themselves, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

"It's been overwhelming, we've had no end of messages, gifts, flowers, hampers," her mum said.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

A shortage of components such as electrical transformers and gas turbines hampers data-center construction, and operators struggle to secure the immense amounts of electrical power required to run computing clusters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

The rover heater is designed to heat air at one atmosphere, and the thin Martian air severely hampers its ability to work.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

And a home debut hampered by an early red card.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

While some Middle Eastern crude cargos are able to transit the Strait of Hormuz, fuel production has been hampered by the recent attacks on the region’s infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Fiske is at full strength after being hampered last season by a knee injury sustained at the end of his rookie year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Gap said its most recent quarterly sales fell, hampered by performance at its Old Navy and Athleta brands, even as its flagship Gap brand did well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Once again we are hampered by the fact that there has been little direct investigation of the problem in man.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

He said the extended deployments risk wearing out troops, delaying maintenance and hampering longer-term modernization efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

Guam passed laws this year banning deep-sea mining vessels from calling at its ports, potentially hampering the industry by cutting off a crucial source of fuel and supplies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Despite firefighting efforts, strong winds are fanning flames and hampering containment operations - with local media reporting that firefighting aircraft have been unable to fly on Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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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