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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 .

• cross thwart
• queer
• spoil
• scotch
• foil
• cross
• frustrate
• baffle
• bilk

News & Articles

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• NSA probed fewer than 300 phone numbers in 2012 -- report
  Unclassified intelligence document says data obtained helped thwart terrorist plots in more than 20 countries. Originally posted at News - Politics and Law
  June 16, 2013 - CNET
• Plano Police Bust National Theft Gang
  Police made arrests this week in an attempt to thwart a nationwide burglary gang that has been targeting several North Texas cities.
  June 16, 2013 - CBS Dallas - Fort Worth
• Despite Billions Of Dollars Saved, Congress Tries To Thwart Medicare's Competitive Bidding
  Members of Congress are trying to thwart an Obama administration effort to curb billions of dollars in spending by making companies bid to sell the Medicare program everything from wheelchairs to diabetes-testing devices. (Photo credit: peter pearson) The wagons are circling from Congress on the Obama Administration?s effort to rein in
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Shashi Tharoor in BBC News
  On the one hand we are glad that our service personnel return safe and unharmed from their captivity, but on the other we return to the sober and ugly reality of what is happening through terrorism in Iraq, terrorism designed specifically to thwart... Tony Blair http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFrasCBCQNLoiRZGTcJYVnJN2a4xw Forbes http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/05/ap3586120.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEvJJ2VL_6OS8a15tt1n9-pS6amag Apr 5, 2007 100015 132761 thwart The unethical efforts that have been made by Mr Modi and others to thwart the Kerala franchise which has been won fair and square in a transparent bidding process are disgraceful," Mr Tharoor said.
• Darrell Issa in BusinessWeek
  If anyone at the Fed thought that this investigation will stop after Wednesday's hearing, they are completely mistaken,Issa said yesterday in a statement. "There has been a widespread effort by officials at the New York Fed to thwart...