frustrate

It said she was engaged in “gamesmanship… familiar in capital litigation … designed to frustrate … ‘the State’s strong interest in finality and the surviving victims’ right to closure.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Data-center construction may not have to collapse in a full-blown AI bust to frustrate the plans of companies hoping for a long boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

If he can frustrate Uruguay the same way, Cape Verde could be through to the round of 32.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Final delivery can still frustrate, but he has become Scotland's chief creative force.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

A soldier stood by to frustrate the designs of thieves.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

I have seen similar essays throughout my eight decades of life, and the subject frustrates me — though perhaps not for the reason you might suspect.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

But there is one thing that frustrates Randolph: “That he waited two years to come play for me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

It frustrates him that his mom, 55, is still wary of opening a Roth IRA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

"He has only been able to have weekend leave for the past three weeks, in a wheelchair, which frustrates him greatly: it feels like a sad step backward."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

And as these meetings were the only opportunity Marco was given to see his instructor, the continued absence frustrates him.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

While knitters were frustrated that the piece was being represented by crochet, crocheters were irked that the piece talked so much about knitting.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

But a single term in the Indiana General Assembly from 1884 to 1886, with its demands for legislative compromise, frustrated him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

We were a bit frustrated as we wanted to do that better.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

People have fears of losing their jobs to AI, are worried about facing higher utility bills due to energy-hungry data centers, and feel frustrated about taxpayer-funded handouts for those facilities, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“No, not that he’s actually Dr. King. That he’s someone who—” I lay back on the floor and looked up at the ceiling, frustrated.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

In August, the couple took a preplanned two-week trip to France, frustrating Washington officials who already thought the team was moving too slowly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

But Georgia Stanway, this year's top scorer for England, once again turned up when they needed her to and she opened the scoring after a neat, incisive passing move, in a frustrating first half.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The envy you’re describing is uncomfortable, frustrating and totally natural.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We’re still doing these chaotic things, which is really frustrating as a fan.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

And after all the long and frustrating years of searching, the Erebus was discovered in shallow water, in near perfect condition.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler