Example Sentences

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County health officials say they’ve tried to strike a balance between economic and public health, but stress that their focus is stymieing the spread of the coronavirus and, ultimately, saving lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2020

This situation is stymieing criminal investigations, upending innocents’ lives and making it harder to set legal boundaries around mass-surveillance programs.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2016

The discord also is stymieing efforts to forge a U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2016