frustrate

In the first half, the reigning champions were pushed hard by a Dundee side that set out to be aggressive and frustrate the hosts, and that's just what they did.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

That may frustrate reformers, but it’s democracy working as designed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

They raise costs, squeeze margins, and frustrate managers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

“There’s immense amount of pressure, and sometimes that pressure can get you and frustrate you in different ways,” said Clark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

He would later recall the lesson he had learned in that bloody valley: “There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing enemy, & nothing that requires greater pains to obtain.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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

Smith was discussing opportunities for business leaders and employees to unlock the potential of AI—a challenge that frustrates many senior executives, as WSJ Leadership Institute President Alan Murray noted—rather than highlighting marketing in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Politics in sport, when you're the performer, it frustrates you. But if you get too frustrated, all it's going to do is upset your own performance."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Angelenos don’t mind haters — it’s the type of city that frustrates residents even on its best days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

But this time it frustrates him that it is to Calcutta that they always go.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

As long as that’s true, it’s inevitable that women will feel frustrated and resentful.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

While she expected parenthood to change things - when elements of Clive's personality appeared to shift she spent years frustrated.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Office worker Bandit Pankan was among those frustrated that official warnings came too late.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He did it on purpose being frustrated at the CIF transfer policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“I was just frustrated about my mom,” I try again.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The frustrating answer is that we may never know.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Chris Scullion, deputy editor at Video Games Chronicle said these moments were "deeply frustrating" and caused the game, which he otherwise found "outstanding", to come "grinding to a halt".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“The most frustrating part in all of this is just being left in limbo indefinitely,” said Woods, a San Diego resident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has called the outage "deeply frustrating".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Unfortunately for the farmers, the death rate then dropped in the second year to 90 percent and eventually to 25 percent, frustrating hopes of eradicating rabbits completely from Australia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond