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Recent Examples of hobbled
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Herro, who started Thursday’s second half in place of the hobbled Powell, has been primarily used as a starter since the start of the 2022-23 season but has played as a reserve in each of the last four games after returning from a rib injury.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
The hobbled infielder put the Blue Jays up early in the game with an incredible three-run home run.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
How Tehran’s theocracy responds in the weeks and months ahead, whether that means lashing out or trying to rebuild its hobbled economy at home, will be crucial.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
And Canada had much stricter quarantining and social-distancing guidelines, which resulted in hobbled attendance and many stars opting to skip TIFF all together.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Joel Rose,
NPR,
1 July 2026
Primary voters are much more likely to be progressives friendly to Mamdani’s brand of socialism, Honan said, seen in 2025 when Mamdani twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, the three-term centrist former governor who was hobbled by scandal.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Peterson also became hobbled last season with hamstring and ankle injuries.
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Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Roberts and a trainer came out from the Dodgers’ dugout to check on Wrobleski who hobbled back to the mound, ready to stay in the game.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
After a few moments, Isbel hobbled into the Royals dugout alongside the training staff.
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Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
He was hobbled and struggled in the first three quarters.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Concern grew on the Knicks sideline as star guard Jalen Brunson hobbled off the court after San Antonio forward Harrison Barnes fell into the three-time All-Star’s right knee as a result of a foul.
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Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
And, as the Knicks widened their lead, Reed hobbled off the court, never to return, leaving the inevitabilities to the ball handler, ball thief, and sharpshooter Walt Frazier, who went on to register thirty-six points and nineteen assists.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
Adjective
Nikola Jokić put up another triple-double (25-13-11), and Anthony Edwards (knee) looked too hobbled to match.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Herro, who started Thursday’s second half in place of the hobbled Powell, has been primarily used as a starter since the start of the 2022-23 season but has played as a reserve in each of the last four games after returning from a rib injury.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
The hobbled infielder put the Blue Jays up early in the game with an incredible three-run home run.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
How Tehran’s theocracy responds in the weeks and months ahead, whether that means lashing out or trying to rebuild its hobbled economy at home, will be crucial.
—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
And Canada had much stricter quarantining and social-distancing guidelines, which resulted in hobbled attendance and many stars opting to skip TIFF all together.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The shortage has forced the FAA to stop or delay traffic several times, and not only during the partial government shutdown that hobbled many control facilities across the country.
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Joel Rose,
NPR,
1 July 2026
Primary voters are much more likely to be progressives friendly to Mamdani’s brand of socialism, Honan said, seen in 2025 when Mamdani twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, the three-term centrist former governor who was hobbled by scandal.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Peterson also became hobbled last season with hamstring and ankle injuries.
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Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Roberts and a trainer came out from the Dodgers’ dugout to check on Wrobleski who hobbled back to the mound, ready to stay in the game.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
After a few moments, Isbel hobbled into the Royals dugout alongside the training staff.
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Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
He was hobbled and struggled in the first three quarters.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Concern grew on the Knicks sideline as star guard Jalen Brunson hobbled off the court after San Antonio forward Harrison Barnes fell into the three-time All-Star’s right knee as a result of a foul.
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Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
And, as the Knicks widened their lead, Reed hobbled off the court, never to return, leaving the inevitabilities to the ball handler, ball thief, and sharpshooter Walt Frazier, who went on to register thirty-six points and nineteen assists.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbled
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The gags are both belabored and feeble.
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Jolted by a feeble office market, a growing number of developers are considering ways to convert their office properties to other uses, such as housing projects.
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Chwalińska took a medical timeout for an ankle injury at the end of the game and was clearly hampered by it for the rest of the match.
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Securing reservations at elite restaurants and bars has become a competitive, multi-billion dollar market, often hampered by bots and fragmented systems.
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Between that and his missing half the season, the Bucks limped to a 50-loss season.
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Wrobleski limped away, finally able to react to the pain where the ball hit him.
Adjective
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The Dodge became disabled, and the troopers arrested the driver.
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Homeless residents, many of whom don’t have a car or are disabled, now have to travel outside of Skid Row to get stamps or mail a package.
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Supporters had campaigned for Merlin to be allowed into the Azteca to witness Mexico’s final group game — but the dabbler found his free passage impeded on Wednesday evening by FIFA regulations.
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The Sugar Act directly impeded colonial drinking, as molasses is a key ingredient in rum.
Adjective
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Earlier this month, Nancy Guthrie, the elderly and infirm mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was violently taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
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The four Democratic members of the JBC, which controls the state budget, asked with growing consternation why the Department of Corrections hadn’t brought them a plan to address overcrowding, to step up releases of old and infirm inmates, or to improve its own shortcomings.
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The Great American State Fair kicked off last week, though the 16-day event has been hindered by weather shutdowns, technical difficulties and low attendance.
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Smith has long complained that Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, hindered the province’s energy industry and fueled separatist sentiment.
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Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother.
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That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
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“Hobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbled. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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