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hampers

  • present tense form of hamper (3rd person singular).

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Appeared in the May 23, 2026, print edition as 'EU Carbon Levy Hampers Ukraine'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Diamond Hampers, of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, said it had accumulated a surplus of supplies despite already distributing goods to local homeless shelters and families.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

Fighting in Mali Hampers Guinea Worm Disease Eradication Fighting in has damaged the global effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease, former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2013

Over the objection of some shareholders, who fear he is too close to the Grace family, Hampers has proposed himself as the next ceo of Grace.

From Time Magazine Archive

A ball inside a cup Or latent under sand or whin Hampers my progress toward the pin; It would improve my game if I Could lift and tee it up.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir