stymied

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Tesla’s potential sales growth is somewhat stymied by weakness in the U.S. market after key EV tax credits were scrapped last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Perez said she hopes Thursday’s ruling will result in “some type of justice, some type of fairness” for her son and others who have been stymied by the Sheriff’s Department in efforts to obtain information.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

But Indian cricket was stymied by the ICC regulation that meant Suryavanshi could not yet be picked for the senior team.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The prison through which he is escorted is a maze of many gates, rusted metal barriers to movement that echo, with every thud and clank, the stymied processes of Soviet justice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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