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A dispatch in the Times by its former Kyiv correspondent said Ukrainian troops defending the frontline area were “starved of ammunition” and hamstrung in their attempts to repel the advancing enemy soldiers.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/10/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-655
Alice’s hamstrung agony mushrooms until one particular delusion encourages her to seize upon the redemptive power of narrative.
An opponent, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., said: “If we are to address the climate crisis, help farmers, and strengthen our economy, we cannot be hamstrung by funding limitations that deny that climate change is real.”
Britain’s delivery network was hamstrung during the final months of 2022 by more than a dozen days of postal walk-outs.
Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/asos-revenue-down-3-in-key-christmas-period
But China's economy hit the buffers this summer as growing numbers of property developers defaulted on debts, caught short in a crackdown on excessive borrowing which began in 2020 and has hamstrung the entire industry.
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1847981/china-economy-russia-ukraine-war-benefits
Giolito is a good bet to bounce back — given his age, durability and intact skills — and the Red Sox won’t exactly be hamstrung if he doesn’t.
Source: https://nesn.com/2023/12/red-sox-lucas-giolito-reported-contract-good-for-boston/
He begins hamstrung, to some extent, by Chelsea’s conviction that they had owned the future with their transfer-market business.
Illegal nicotine vaping products are continuing to flow into the country, generating a serious national health issue, with border control officers hamstrung in their attempts to choke it without a Customs Act prohibition notice.
Jacob Stockdale’s chances of staying top of the standby list for Ireland’s World Cup squad have been hamstrung.
Like I say, for those of us working parents, already hamstrung by the railway strikes, this winter is about to get a whole lot more unpleasant.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/teachers-strikes-public-support-unions-b2257803.html
Mahomes ranks 10th in yards passing, hamstrung in part by a young group of wide receivers that have struggled to get open.
Not entirely within the manager’s control working under a director of football as the club is hamstrung by tight financial constraints in order to comply with profit and sustainability rules.
Obviously, the injuries at the beginning of the season hamstrung the team, excuse the pun.
On the other side of the metro area, Jefferson County is also hamstrung by the constraints of TABOR.
Source: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2023/06/13/arapahoe-county-budget-taxes-tabor-debruce/
Queensland’s Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Col Briggs said detectives had first been tipped off in 2021, but had been hamstrung by a lack of evidence.
Quite a few of these celeb-backed businesses have been hamstrung by legal and financial troubles before crashing and burning.
Source: https://runnermag.ca/2023/09/why-celebrity-businesses-are-often-a-failure/
Sussex hamstrung by an ankle injury to Ollie Robinson which meant he couldn’t bowl after lunch on the third day.
That effort has largely hamstrung the body’s work.
Source: https://ktar.com/story/5483421/expelled-to-reinstated-pearson-to-return-to-tennessee-house/
The entity’s weak financial position has hamstrung its ability to pay suppliers, and it owes its creditors more than R8.
The PNC seems hamstrung with funding challenges and leadership issues.
Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/ppp-in-projected-landslide-for-june-local-elections/