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Proponents of H-1B note that Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies are founded or run by immigrants, and the efforts to thwart H-1B have already started stifling talent flow and startup creation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Days later, a top official at the Greek regulator told Binance that Lagarde had personally intervened to thwart the license application, people familiar with the interactions said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The article—by reporters Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, and Maggie Haberman—adds that those commanders are alarmed by how much the war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, including long-range missiles and interceptors to thwart air attacks.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The “boat” was a miniature punt, used for reed-cutting—little more than a raft, with a single thwart amidships.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Wendy thwarts that in accordance with the third trope: the hero returning to save someone weaker than she is.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025

It brings to mind this concept of malicious compliance, where you’re technically doing what you’re supposed to, but in a way that actually thwarts the goals of the powers that be.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

Fans have repeatedly told him how they can relate — to Lilo’s frustration over feeling misunderstood, to Nani’s determination in spite of a world that continually thwarts her good intentions, even to Stitch’s rebellious nature.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Bond deftly thwarts the Soviets’ plans while avoiding open conflict.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2022

The driver went to the rear of the truck, opened it, and pulled out a sixteen-foot Kevlar canoe, with paddles taped to the thwarts.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

The officers have since thwarted roughly 400 master carton smuggling attempts, involving nearly 6,000 pre-labeled shipments of peptides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Their efforts were thwarted by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who rejected the petition right at the deadline, hours before the state’s primary election last month.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

He tore his ACL in practice and, after muscling through that disappointment, is now a first-time feature director with “Voices,” a lean and loud musical-thriller about thwarted dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

England's bowlers were thwarted by a Pakistan side who mixed batting belligerence with brilliance and instead of a Saturday off must reconvene at Edgbaston for day four.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The cumulative daily output of these 636 men was probably huge, a sad symbol of their thwarted energies.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

But the law keeps thwarting them, and the Hutchinson case could become the latest example.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Los Angeles police corralled and arrested scores of minibike riders on Sunday, thwarting a takeover of 6th Street Bridge, police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Treasury yields snapped higher Tuesday, breaking a six-week trading range and thwarting the bond market’s traditional role as a haven in times of stock market volatility.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Revolution’s experimental drugs seek to block the driver, thereby thwarting cancers including lung, pancreatic and colon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

You have aided in thwarting me; now you shall come to my call.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker