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  • noun Plural form of stymie.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stymie.

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Examples

  • Late pit call stymies Kyle Busch for second consecutive Cup race Oh Brother: Kyle Busch leaps eight spots in SceneDaily. com rankings, brother Kurt takes a tumble

    Latest Daily Headlines SceneDaily Staff 2010

  • Pit strategy becoming critical Lessons from Alan Kulwicki help Tony Gibson persevere to first win as a Cup crew chief After early problems, Dale Earnhardt Jr. manages 12th-place finish at Phoenix Late pit call stymies Kyle Busch for second consecutive Cup race

    Latest Daily Headlines SceneDaily Staff 2010

  • Slobe's land is zoned for offices, but the beetle listing "stymies" any plans to develop it, Middleton said.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010

  • The parents are desperate to rescue their kids from a system that stymies creativity and makes education a burden.

    Michael Levy: What I Learned from China's Schools Michael Levy 2011

  • The parents are desperate to rescue their kids from a system that stymies creativity and makes education a burden.

    Michael Levy: What I Learned from China's Schools Michael Levy 2011

  • "Positivechangehas been thenorm, andMississippi, despitetheglobalrecession, is abetterplacein so many ways than it was seven years ago," said Barbour, drawing a direct contrast to "federal policies that stifle economic growth" and to financial regulatory reform that "stymies investment."

    Why John Ensign has it harder than David Vitter did Aaron Blake 2011

  • But, he argues, this stymies NGOs, "and other public-interest institutions, not to mention ethically incentivized corporations, which could use it to further the ideals of regional agriculture, broader productivity, agricultural diversity and global food security."

    Isabel Cowles: Just Food ... and a Few Hard Truths Isabel Cowles 2010

  • We must do our part to be informed and engaged citizens, break out of the constructed partisan gridlock that stymies our thinking, and move forward on solutions, united as a country.

    Annabel Park: Occupied America: Bridging the Divide Annabel Park 2011

  • But, he argues, this stymies NGOs, "and other public-interest institutions, not to mention ethically incentivized corporations, which could use it to further the ideals of regional agriculture, broader productivity, agricultural diversity and global food security."

    Isabel Cowles: Just Food ... and a Few Hard Truths Isabel Cowles 2010

  • But, he argues, this stymies NGOs, "and other public-interest institutions, not to mention ethically incentivized corporations, which could use it to further the ideals of regional agriculture, broader productivity, agricultural diversity and global food security."

    Isabel Cowles: Just Food ... and a Few Hard Truths Isabel Cowles 2010

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