stymie

In this particular tale, the hero almost captures the castle only to be stymied by, some locals say, a self-dealing municipal administration.

Your inquiries may be stymied by the fact that you are not your stepgrandmother’s next of kin, and you are not an executor of her estate.

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham chimed in on Sunday when he explained that the pitch at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte stymied the ball’s normal bounce.

The legislation comes in response to what proponents have described as efforts by the sheriff’s departments in L.A. and other counties to stymie access to sensitive records.

The court used its newly fashioned "major questions doctrine" to stymie Biden's efforts at student loan forgiveness and environmental regulations, holding that Congress did not give him explicit authorisation to do so.