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sty·mie <-y-> [ˈstaɪmi] VB trans to stymie sb

Usage examples with stymie

to stymie sb's efforts

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Unfortunately, the recovery has been stymied by two severe floods.
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The car was clearly the most technically advanced on the grid, but teething troubles in 1991 stymied the team's early progress.
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But their initial plans were stymied when his father died shortly after their return.
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Stymie wanders off playing with a pet monkey and a toy lion, and sets off a burglar alarm.
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Developers were likewise stymied by the complex system, and since the installed base was so small their potential sales were even smaller.
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Attempts at reform were stymied by the determination of "szlachta" to preserve their golden freedoms, most notably the "liberum veto".
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The away side has numerous opportunities to extend its lead, but each opportunity was either stymied by the opposition or wasted.
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He is stymied by a direct action campaign by conservationists.
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This decision stymied the commercial success because it denied a successor system on which potential customers could have relied.
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Sometimes only originator or rightsholder name(s) are known, yet contact is stymied by the exhaustive unavailability of sufficient further details.
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