thwarts
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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
In what are called Darling chestnuts, however, a CRISPR-modified wheat gene is inserted into the tree and thwarts this acid with minimal genetic alteration.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023
And while most of us will want to tell ourselves that murderers are different from the rest of us, a woman like Montgomery — so personable, so ladylike — thwarts that disidentification.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Bond deftly thwarts the Soviets’ plans while avoiding open conflict.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022
The men took turns hacking ice off the thwarts and bows, and bailing to keep the small boats from foundering.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
