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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 thwarting
The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Revolution is developing drugs that target a molecular driver of cancers known as RAS and its experimental drugs seek to block the driver, thereby thwarting common cancers including lung, pancreatic, and colon that have proven difficult to treat.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Jan. 2026
As a Chicago police officer, O'Grady won the CPD's Blue Star Award for suffering a critical gunshot wound while thwarting the armed robbery of a woman during the holiday shopping season on State Street downtown in 1971, according to his obit.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Askarov finished with 20 saves for the Sharks, including thwarting Quinn Hughes on an overtime breakaway.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
However, Masi reports that rain over his observing site is thwarting observations.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The locals appeared, after succeeding in thwarting their enemies, to have sunk their ship and weapons in a ceremonial offering, as per a news release by Lund University.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Dec. 2025
Select nuclear proliferation in these states would rebalance military capabilities and create a unified coalition of nuclear powers committed to thwarting potential revisionists.
—Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
The clever joke comes just as the White House is thwarting criticism from its own renovation controversy.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
The council keeps losing court battles on issues ranging from its Voter ID law to its efforts to censor library books to its thwarting of state housing laws.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
The ceiling thwarting her exceptional talent originated from the constraints of tradition.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Revolution is developing drugs that target a molecular driver of cancers known as RAS and its experimental drugs seek to block the driver, thereby thwarting common cancers including lung, pancreatic, and colon that have proven difficult to treat.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Jan. 2026
As a Chicago police officer, O'Grady won the CPD's Blue Star Award for suffering a critical gunshot wound while thwarting the armed robbery of a woman during the holiday shopping season on State Street downtown in 1971, according to his obit.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Askarov finished with 20 saves for the Sharks, including thwarting Quinn Hughes on an overtime breakaway.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
However, Masi reports that rain over his observing site is thwarting observations.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The locals appeared, after succeeding in thwarting their enemies, to have sunk their ship and weapons in a ceremonial offering, as per a news release by Lund University.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Dec. 2025
Select nuclear proliferation in these states would rebalance military capabilities and create a unified coalition of nuclear powers committed to thwarting potential revisionists.
—Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
The clever joke comes just as the White House is thwarting criticism from its own renovation controversy.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thwarting
Adjective
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Ignoring Temperature and Environment Every oven behaves differently, which can make baking frustrating at first.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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More and more hard-to-trace checks are laundered among political committees, with their murky-sounding names and Tallahassee addresses, frustrating attempts by voters or the media to figure out exactly who’s giving to whom.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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French President Emmanuel Macron, representing one of only two states in Europe (the other being Britain) with nuclear weapons capability, is pushing for intra-European debates on reinforcing nuclear deterrence — with or without the United States.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Today is a deterrence and strike architecture.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Dry air and gusty winds are hampering fire crews, particularly in the southern Rockies and Plains, where blustery conditions in New Mexico and Texas are fueling rapid spread through tinder-dry grasses.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rescuers faced a winter storm dumping more than 2 inches of snow an hour in the area, grounding rescue helicopters and hampering ground crews trying to reach the missing skiers, according to the Sierra Avalanche Center.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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What follows is an examination of Turner's baffling release from prison and the incredible sorrow that envelops the family after tragically losing a son and getting mired in a custody battle with the very person responsible.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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So that is what made Green’s performance against the Celtics on Thursday so baffling.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Right on the edge of the river, there are ample opportunities for swimming, fishing, kayaking, paddleboarding, kiteboarding, and wing foiling.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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But as electric foiling becomes quieter, smoother, and more refined, the NAVI feels like a sign that this once-experimental tech is maturing – and carving out a more practical niche for itself on the water.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Even worse, that money was supposed to go toward preventing and reversing drug overdoses amid an ongoing opioid epidemic.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some lawmakers view Trump’s order skeptically at best, noting the administration has been removing guardrails, and preventing others from erecting them, to an extreme degree.—
Darius Tahir,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The winner was the player who avoided being blocked the longest — a blocking game, a category of strategy game where the objective centers on restricting your opponent’s movement.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Lake Mary kept the ball on the offensive, but missed several opportunities in the box after late arrivals to greet crossing passes.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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The accident renewed the debate over crossing safety and led to some experimentation in placing impassible barriers at crossings instead of gates.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Thwarting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thwarting. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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