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Russian engineers are skilled at exploiting off-the-shelf equipment to maximum benefit, such as in creating antennas that thwart electronic countermeasures and communication networks that overcome jamming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

In some frontline Ukrainian cities, nets are hung high and wide across long stretches of road, forming corridors like spiders' webs to thwart aerial attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 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

Blackberry was fidgeting on and off the thwart, strung up, able to feel only too clearly all that Hazel felt himself.

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

He starts to get up, but Sandy quickly thwarts his effort, ushering for me to follow her into the kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

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 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

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

Part of the problem is weak domestic investment, which analysts say is partly thwarted by structural flaws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Even though most fake accounts are thwarted quickly, it’s become a bigger job.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

ProPublica, a nonprofit news outlet, said federal prosecutors in Minnesota had sought to file civil rights charges against Castro over the shooting but were thwarted by leaders of the Department of Justice in Washington.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

So if Hitler sent any more saboteurs to America, he would fear that the mole would let the FBI know, and that mission would be thwarted too.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

The midfielder might have added a fourth late on but Levante goalkeeper Mathew Ryan denied him with an excellent reflex save, after first thwarting Raphinha.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 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

He renounced his British passport and became an American citizen in 2019, and became fixated on thwarting China’s advancements in semiconductors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

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

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole