stymie

Setting emotions aside, the timing of childbirth for older parents can stymie their earning power.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Local and state officials worry the mortgage payout delays could further stymie what’s become an already slow recovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Another issue with the potential to stymie talks from the beginning is the crucial oil shipping passage the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

The measure was widely decried by many in tech, who warned it would unleash patchwork regulation that would stymie AI development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

"If it is a stymie, certainly," he said, almost angrily.

From The Man Who Rose Again by Joseph Hocking

There is a degree of obscurantism in all this, as Mr. Kracht’s bizarre book willfully stymies understanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

She said: “This is a disappointing and flawed approach that stymies crucial efforts to free Jimmy Lai and fundamentally undermines the government’s official position that he must be released.”

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

Redmond’s secret is mundane, but it’s one that often stymies elected officials: make a plan and stick with it.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

“We need to be able to break the gridlock that too often stymies progress and blocks consensus at the Council.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

He pretended to think that we were not playing stymies.

From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various

The team’s ambitious plans to gather ice-sheet data were stymied by storms, a rudder problem, a medical emergency and the threat of ice closing in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Interviews with victims in the hospital were brief and stymied by officials who repeatedly bounced AFP journalists between different offices to seek approval.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Potential scientific breakthroughs could be stymied: in medicine, agriculture and even climate change adaptation.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

When retirees arrive at this place where they have everything mapped out and now it’s time to just work the plan, they can get stymied.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Having failed to locate any living witnesses, White found himself stymied, and Hale seemed aware that agents were onto him.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The landmark 56-year-old state law has been credited with helping to preserve California’s natural beauty and protecting communities from hazardous impacts of construction projects — but also blamed for stymieing construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Google plans to spend $4.75 billion to help solve a problem stymieing the AI race: finding enough electricity to run an ever-larger fleet of data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Second, at all levels of government, we must loosen regulations that are stymieing the construction and preservation of affordable homes.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025

Faison thanked the officer on Monday for stymieing "what we believe were the original aims of this white supremacist domestic terrorist."

From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023

Georgia is also one of a group of states that outlaw direct sales of vehicles — stymieing companies like Tesla and Rivian that don’t sell their vehicles through dealerships.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023