as in frustrated
to prevent from achieving a goal
a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant
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Recent Examples of thwarted
But with the teams back to even strength a short time later, Kirill Kaprizov got loose in the middle of the offensive zone and made a rush to the net that was thwarted.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Unit 11000 of Iran’s Quds Force initiated the plot at the end of last year, and the plot was active earlier this year, but was thwarted over the summer, according to Axios.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, Courteney’s plot is thwarted when she is fired from Sammy Davis Sr.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The film’s accompanying soundtrack has also been one of the biggest records of the year, having now spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, with a peak chart position of Number One (its reign was only thwarted by Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
Two and a half decades ago, Simon first attempted a hostile takeover of Taubman which Taubman thwarted.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
But those plans have been thwarted by one of their own.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Freddie's always stopped by the survivor girl; he's always thwarted by his young ingenue all the way through, who's losing her innocence and entering the world.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Then, hardware improvements gradually bring the execution time down, only to get thwarted again by the next benchmark.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Unit 11000 of Iran’s Quds Force initiated the plot at the end of last year, and the plot was active earlier this year, but was thwarted over the summer, according to Axios.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, Courteney’s plot is thwarted when she is fired from Sammy Davis Sr.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The film’s accompanying soundtrack has also been one of the biggest records of the year, having now spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, with a peak chart position of Number One (its reign was only thwarted by Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
Two and a half decades ago, Simon first attempted a hostile takeover of Taubman which Taubman thwarted.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
But those plans have been thwarted by one of their own.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Freddie's always stopped by the survivor girl; he's always thwarted by his young ingenue all the way through, who's losing her innocence and entering the world.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Then, hardware improvements gradually bring the execution time down, only to get thwarted again by the next benchmark.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thwarted
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Beyond cost, wealthy investors are also frustrated with service.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Brandes, frustrated by the lack of answers on testing in prisons, chimed in Thursday during a Florida Health Care Association conference call about the nursing home issue.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This isn’t the first time injuries have hampered Norfleet.—
Chase Gemes,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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All of these issues combined have left Target with a workforce that has grown faster than sales and a complex corporate structure that has hampered decision-making and created needless red tape.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annie Palmer,Frank Holland,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Played for comic relief, he is baffled by this son of his who attends college and, more perplexing yet, is suddenly obsessed with Italy and cycling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Physicists were baffled as to why this material would suddenly stop conducting current once the tellurium content reached approximately 30 percent—a change that its basic chemical composition could not explain.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The oldest trick in the book … foiled by those pesky Bravo cameras.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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The first of those moments was foiled by a game-tying Miguel Rojas home run (his first hit in a calendar month) with one out in the top of the ninth inning.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Thwarted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thwarted. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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