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to create difficulty for the work or activity of
was not hindered by a lack of money because she could use what food she had on hand
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Recent Examples of hindered
Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Normally, scent voices are mere whispers compared to the screams and angry shouts of humans, but in that section, certain sensitive plant species shrieked incessantly because of their proximity to plants that hindered their growth.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, the borates hadn't hindered anything at all, but actually supported some of the steps in the DSM model, such as stabilizing the ribose molecules that can often be unstable and break down, and facilitating the production of phosphates.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Early trust-building efforts were hindered by our poor diplomatic handling of AUKUS, the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and your unhappiness with the Inflation Reduction Act.
—Amanda Sloat, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Untreated films exhibited extensive low-conductivity regions that hindered charge transport, particularly along grain boundaries where defects tend to accumulate.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
Persistent dry air and other unfavorable atmospheric conditions hindered storm development during a historically busy timeframe.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2025
But many similar devices needed fiber-optic wires that hindered the animals' movements, whereas the new neuro-key lets the mice move normally.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Peterson has been hindered by cramping all season, even dating back to exhibition contests against Louisville and Fort Hays State.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
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Historically, the water’s purity was singular, giving life to a watershed that flourished because of a unique paucity of nutrients, a situation that hindered the pursuit of any single species that would dominate the rest.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for hindered
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This isn’t the first time injuries have hampered Norfleet.—
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All of these issues combined have left Target with a workforce that has grown faster than sales and a complex corporate structure that has hampered decision-making and created needless red tape.—
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As a result, the water vapor in that impeded breath condenses on the surface of your immediately-adjacent prescription glasses, sunglasses or ski goggles.—
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Adding palbociclib, however, blocked this adaptation and impeded the cancer cells’ ability to survive.—
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Depending on your vantage point, the band was often semi-obstructed or blocked from view.—
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Gone were the giant inflated Brown statues that appeared during recent Breezy Bowl shows (and at his Tycoon Music Festival appearance here in April), which prompted concertgoer complaints about obstructed views.—
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
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That's when a 51-year-old woman driving a Tesla south on Highway 85 struck the Focus, causing both cars to spin and crash into a stopped semi-truck.—
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Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.—
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“Hindered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hindered. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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