hamstrung
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By the time their performance improved in Lisbon on Thursday, they were three goals down and effectively already out of the contest, hamstrung by their own sloppy mistakes.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
With Farage no longer an MP and fighting his own by-election in Clacton in Essex - he is hamstrung when it comes to devoting as much time and energy to Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Producers could become hamstrung without somewhere to send the gas, which comes from the same wells as oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cleage’s play, it must be said, is hamstrung with exposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The aftermath was horrific, with media reports showing hospitals without backup power, distraught families herded into the Superdome, emergency workers hamstrung by a lack of supplies.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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