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

Morocco have shown they can defend well and frustrate their opponents, and if they can do that to France then why can't they win?

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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

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

"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

It’s also what frustrates his critics, who suggest he’s taking less sophisticated, everyday investors for a ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

People paid a lot of money to buy me this leg, and it frustrates me that I can’t work it right.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Yet he remains frustrated with cadres he deems are not implementing his orders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

By the Belgian Grand Prix, he was so frustrated by a qualifying session that he burst into tears in the media pen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Higher fuel costs have dinged industry profits and left many travelers frustrated with flight disruptions and higher fares.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Nidia Olivarez, 48, and her husband, Arnulfo, 55, voted for Trump in 2024 but have grown frustrated with how he has handled the economy and immigration raids in their community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“You get frustrated and worried that you can’t do all those things the way you want to.”

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

"That's very frustrating as someone trying to figure out, like, what is your specific stance on this specific issue?"

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The commenter had spent considerable time walking delivery workers through specialty aisles and negotiating alternatives, an especially frustrating undertaking when dietary restrictions were involved.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Robert Murtagh from the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said it is "deeply frustrating" that formal negations over civil servant pay have not begun.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

After a frustrating stretch with the Chicago Sky, Angel Reese was shipped to Atlanta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“It’s just really frustrating for me. I’ve never had a person hold out so long, you know?”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King