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- verb Present participle of
stymie .
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Examples
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Swindle appears to have succeeded in stymieing Knepper's otherwise impressive rise -- but at what cost?
Michael Tracey: Pedophilia Accusations in the Conservative Blogosphere: How the Right Abandoned One of Their Brightest Michael Tracey 2010
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Swindle appears to have succeeded in stymieing Knepper's otherwise impressive rise -- but at what cost?
Michael Tracey: Pedophilia Accusations in the Conservative Blogosphere: How the Right Abandoned One of Their Brightest Michael Tracey 2010
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Not (just) because those "stymieing" bastards are shutting Andy-boy down at every turn but because his office has its hands full with a bigger, younger, more pre-pubescent matter.
Dealbreaker 2009
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Not (just) because those "stymieing" bastards are shutting Andy-boy down at every turn but because his office has its hands full with a bigger, younger, more pre-pubescent matter.
Dealbreaker 2009
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Not (just) because those "stymieing" bastards are shutting Andy-boy down at every turn but because his office has its hands full with a bigger, younger, more pre-pubescent matter.
Dealbreaker 2009
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None of the amendments dealt with the religion, and Coptic leaders told followers their opposition was about stymieing the perceived electoral strength of Muslim Brotherhood.
Jubilant Egyptians Vote in Constitutional Referendum Charles Levinson 2011
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None of the amendments dealt with the religion, and Coptic leaders told followers their opposition was about stymieing the perceived electoral strength of Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt Approves Amendments Matthew Rosenberg 2011
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Aware that this scarcity of credit is stymieing the firms' ability to expand and hire staff, the government has been looking for other ways of getting capital to the companies.
Cameron to Announce Lending Deal With Lloyds, HSBC Ainsley Thompson 2011
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His opposition to expanded offshore drilling has prompted Republicans to blame him for stymieing an increase in domestic production.
Gas Price Surge Triggers Political Brawl Neil King Jr. 2011
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Across the border in Belgium, Flemish nationalists have been stymieing the formation of an administration for the past year.
Euro Doesn't Fly With all the Voters David Cottle 2011
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