Definition of "hampering" []

• Present participle of hamper. (verb)

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• "One hint could have been that his nomination brought immediate praise from both industry groups and Congressional republicans) and the topper of them all Bush sicophant Stephen Johnson (who famously sided with Buah and big industry in hampering states from enforcing higher greenhouse emmision standards and stifling his own Depts requests and reports on environmental problems)."
• ""I sort of pulled something off the back of my leg in the second quarter and it was kind of hampering me throughout the game," he said."
• "That's kind of hampering visibility just a little, but so far the last 30 minutes or so the rain seems to be holding off."