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Examples of hamstring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This limits the risk that banks will be hamstrung in their lending efforts if the economy were to soften, and businesses required extra credit. Ron Insana, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024 Various international organizations and charities, such as UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders, provide some services but are hamstrung by the ongoing fighting, Israeli restrictions on goods going into Gaza, and the devastation of the territory’s health infrastructure. Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2024 Its development was hamstrung by Boeing’s greed, and now the spaceship is stuck on the International Space Station unable to transport its astronauts home. Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024 Outbreak response efforts in the DRC and other African countries have once again been hamstrung by the same challenges health officials faced during previous outbreaks and pandemics, including Covid: a lack of global solidarity and an unwillingness to share life-saving resources. Jess Craig, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hamstring 

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“Hamstring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamstring. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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