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- noun Alternative spelling of
stymie . - verb Alternative spelling of
stymie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- noun a thwarting and distressing situation
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Examples
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This could stymy Democrats 'hopes to pass some last progressive legislation before the Republican tide rolls in.
Mark Kirk Wins Illinois Senate Race, Defeating Democrat Alexi Giannoulias Will Guzzardi 2010
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This could stymy Democrats 'hopes to pass some last progressive legislation before the Republican tide rolls in.
Mark Kirk Wins Illinois Senate Race, Defeating Democrat Alexi Giannoulias The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Don't ever allow the NObama administration to stymy your investigation.
GOP Senator threatens Obama administration with subpoenas 2010
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How can anyone trust David 'charlatan' Cameron and nick 'deceitful' Clegg again after they have systematically lied and pulled the wool over peoples eyes over the catastrophic and idealogical driven cuts that will stymy any hope if economic recovery and will hurt peoples living standards harder than at any time in Britain's history.
The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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This could stymy Democrats 'hopes to pass some last progressive legislation before the Republican tide rolls in.
Mark Kirk Wins Illinois Senate Race, Defeating Democrat Alexi Giannoulias Will Guzzardi 2010
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This could stymy Democrats' hopes to pass some last progressive legislation before the Republican tide rolls in.
Mark Kirk Wins Illinois Senate Race, Defeating Democrat Alexi Giannoulias The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Well, Wolffe said, it might be "a case of the agencies having so much rivalry between them that they were more determined to stymy each other or the centralized system rather than the terrorist threat."
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Well, Wolffe said, it might be "a case of the agencies having so much rivalry between them that they were more determined to stymy each other or the centralized system rather than the terrorist threat."
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I mean, if the GOP wants to try to use pure rhetorical radar chaff to stymy Democratic bills, the Dems had better learn to respond by simply flinging it back at them.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | House GOPers Make Bid To Derail FISA Legislation 2009
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I mean, if the GOP wants to try to use pure rhetorical radar chaff to stymy Democratic bills, the Dems had better learn to respond by simply flinging it back at them.
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