stymie
verb (used with object)
to hinder, block, or thwart.
are stymieing
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present progressiveof stymie.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Second, at all levels of government, we must loosen regulations that are stymieing the construction and preservation of affordable homes.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
The companies also complained that bureaucratic delays are stymieing their operations.
From Reuters ● Jan. 6, 2023
A new study warns that unprecedented events — disasters so extreme that communities haven’t experienced anything like them before — are stymieing attempts to prepare for them.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2022
Kawika Smith, a senior at Verbum Dei High School in Watts who is one of three students threatening litigation, said that standardized testing requirements are stymieing his dreams to get into a good college.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
Neither Trump nor McDonough identified which regulations they think are stymieing enterprise, but Carrier sent a list of Department of Energy efficiency rules to Schellinger, records show.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2016
