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Read the excerpt from "Life Below Zero."

Frigid temperatures can stymie transportation, preventing goods from reaching store shelves. Cold can also keep customers at home, which further hurts businesses.

How does the author's use of the word stymie affect the tone of the passage?


It creates a resigned tone.

It suggests a desperate tone.

It creates an apprehensive tone.

It suggests a hopeless tone.