stymie

But would they be able to if there is validity in their current claim that plenty of institutions are trying to stymie them?

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Wrobleski finally threw a hitless fourth, working around a leadoff walk to briefly stymie the Cubs’ offensive push.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Any slowdown in data center construction and completion would stymie a build-out that AI players desperately need.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

It was supposed to improve information-sharing, not stymie it.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

The match stood all square with three to play and Abe laid Johnny what looked like a very dead stymie at the sixteenth, but Johnny somehow got round it.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Horace G. Hutchinson

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

Men who had but lately scoffed at the little white ball now talked of stymies and lies and devits as if they had known them all their lives.

From Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon

One researcher investigating AI’s effects on children has expressed concerns of “cognitive stunting” — critical thinking skills prohibited from developing, just as physical growth can be stymied by malnutrition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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

As it happens, Feldmans accidental study provides a window onto a form of cheating that has long stymied academics: white- collar crime.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

They were so afraid of running out of money that it was stymieing their ability to enjoy today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another issue stymieing fundraising is the perception among some investors that they haven’t seen the desired liquidity from their Asian investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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

District Judge Dana Sabraw approved a settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the federal government blocking for eight years the federal government from separating families for purposes of stymieing immigration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

However, experts say removing the monarchy from the Canadian constitution could prove difficult, perhaps stymieing any imminent moves towards a republic.

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022