stymie
Example Sentences
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Records and interviews show hours of utter chaos at the command center for Eaton fire, with limited coordination among agencies and confusion about the path of the fire that stymied timely evacuations.
From Los Angeles Times
Hikers had spotted the body, but previous attempts to find and recover it had been stymied by heavy snow.
From Los Angeles Times
They are also thinking of ways to stymie enemy drones without accidentally thwarting their own.
That is distinct from FSOC’s earlier approach to evaluating risks, which he argued led to onerous regulation and stymied growth.
From Barron's
Critics of the effort to list lion populations have said that it will stymie residential and commercial projects.
From Los Angeles Times
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