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- n a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- A row of trees, planted years ago by an industrious pioneer, now rose up to thwart these air pioneers.
- Hatch's DSHEA was passed in 1994 after an aggressive three-year lobbying campaign intended by the health-food industry to thwart FDA regulation of its products.
- Eventually, at the urging of members of her community, and in the face of a hospital threat of a court order to thwart her, Claudette Jackson had Henry transferred to nearby .