Sentence examples similar to stymie the task from inspiring English sources

Some Democrats have criticized his decision to stymie a task force that was looking into the state's car inspection debacle, saying he was trying to protect a friend whose engineering firm was being investigated.

General Terry was asked whether the effect of the ministers' eventual removal might be to stymie the transition — as hundreds of officials whose jobs are dependent on patronage networks created by the two ministers concentrate on their futures rather than on the task of how best to prosecute the war.

Faruqi called Labor's efforts to stymie the bill "sad".

Regulators could also stymie the deal.

This vulnerability could stymie the Internet economy.

And it could stymie the spiritual transformation of the person.

"Will it stymie the shift towards tablets and smartphones?

How could one mouse seemingly stymie the virus?

Numerous uncertainties and challenges threaten to stymie the growth of this field.

Fortunately, the latter obsession may stymie the former.

"The banks stymie the borrower, and they really stymie any third party who works on behalf of the borrower," he said.