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"Security forces are operating in the Qalandia camp area in order to thwart terror and apprehend wanted individuals," a military official told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Casino operators have tried to thwart the headwinds by offering discounts and other perks to lure visitors to their properties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The group’s open letter calls on Bonta to take action to thwart the Ellison expansion effort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

But the administration has taken a variety of steps to thwart Congress’ directives.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

I thought I would faint, and crouched back in a heap on the thwart.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The long consignment to the wilderness thwarts “preservation, access, education, creative reuse, scholarship, etc., when most of the works are out of circulation and not benefiting any rights holders.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025

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

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

Maybe in the courtroom of Luis Guzman’s impatient judge, the thwarted predator can finally win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She recruited more women, eliminated a previous gender pay gap and proposed daycare centers at the company’s main sites—an idea thwarted by security concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Lucie Green went all the way to Antarctica in 2021, only to be thwarted by that common enemy of eclipse chasers: clouds.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

He was part of a 15-boat campaign cruise heading for Preston and Lancaster this year, which he said had been "thwarted completely by lock closures, failed locks, droughts and failed assets".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

He had a point: from the very beginning, jazz as a style thwarted definition, so various were its manifestations in different places.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Lockheed has another megadeal for missiles on order with the U.S. government—a preliminary $35 billion multiyear contract for Thaad interceptors, a larger munition also capable of thwarting ballistic missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

Regional power Nigeria assisted in thwarting the mutiny, saying its fighter jets had helped "dislodge the coup plotters from the National TV and a military camp" following a request from Benin's government.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

Those experiments showed they could turn unresponsive cancers into responsive ones, thwarting tumor growth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2025

As it is, you are thwarting yourself and your mentality.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole