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

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The 5th Circuit is still trying to thwart its goal.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2026

Those lawsuits failed, but Venice Dell proponents alleged in a July 2024 lawsuit that Park and Feldstein Soto took up where neighborhood critics failed in court and worked behind the scenes to thwart the project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

For decades, Beijing has attempted to thwart the development of a single national labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

“It's not an issue, Ella. We didn't want to worry you or your parents. There will always be people who try to thwart change,” Headmarveller Rivera said.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

And then, tensions stretched to the breaking point, the book thwarts all expectations, leaving behind a feeling of lingering unease.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

“The Challenge” injects randomness and chaos into the mix that thwarts the most studious strategists, mainly by throwing people for a loop by changing up certain games and tossing psychological tests into its pressure cooker.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023

That not only thwarts the aspirations of students and their families, but it also adds costs for the state and federal taxpayers who subsidize their educations.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023

Sometimes she’d be going on very intensely then come to a sudden stop with something like: “What is it? What is it? What can it be that thwarts us?”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

But the prank continued and any attempts to free the duke of his plastic hat have always been quickly thwarted with the cone replaced within days.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Far from abusing the courts with frivolous appeals, the exonerees we interviewed described being thwarted at every attempt due to appellate and postconviction processes that prioritize procedural regularity over the substance of their innocence claims.

From Slate ● May 29, 2026

Nothing worked: The wily birds thwarted every defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Fukada's quiet portrait of solitude and thwarted love in rural Japan with his "Nagi Notes" is one of three Japanese movies in the 22-strong main competition in Cannes, the world's biggest film festival.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Cluny had taken a vow while he lay injured: never again would he allow himself to be thwarted by mice and woodland creatures.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said retaliatory measures from Canada on U.S. products are a major hurdle thwarting talks between the two countries on a renewed trade pact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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

Now was the time, they all knew, if there ever was to be a time, when he ought to have it out with his friend and king—yet Guenever was thwarting him.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White