stymie

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

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

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

Officials have not yet released the identities of any victims, and extreme weather in the area has continued to stymie efforts to search for the missing body, or even to retrieve those already confirmed dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

It shied each perplexing stymie With infinite nerve and ease; And bored right on through the landscape As if it were loath to cease.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

Europe’s lack of one big customer also stymies defense-tech newcomers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

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

Upon the very difficult and annoying question of stymies there are few hints that I can offer which will not suggest themselves to the player of a very little experience.

From The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon

The Swiss running-shoe maker now expects sales to grow in the low-20% range for the year after it deliberately stymied growth across its wholesale channels during the latest quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

As Stahle sees it, stymied job seekers are showing in the numbers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Yet again, they found their voices stymied, their input limited to Post-it notes.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Builder profit margins and sentiment in the industry have been stymied by a postpandemic rise in buying costs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 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

But industrial output in Europe’s largest economy fell 1.2% in March, stymieing hopes for a recovery any time soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

But their robustness means “everybody’s already got their mustang,” she said, stymieing the prospect of mass adoptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

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

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

The companies also complained that bureaucratic delays are stymieing their operations.

From Reuters ● Jan. 6, 2023