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obstruccionista

Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.

        obstruccionista
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        Examples for "obstructionist"
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        In this obstructionist situation, it is something of a miracle that Pres.
        The new yorker
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        The South gained nothing by the obstructionist policy of its members.
        Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
        3
        But trade experts in India dismissed any idea that New Delhi had been obstructionist.
        Reuters
        4
        But the public may not view Schneiderman as an obstructionist.
        Reuters
        5
        Well, Your Honor, I certainly do not wish to act in an obstructionist manner.
        Lone Star Planet
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        Having said these words, Rama, that resister of foes, had gone away.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        2
        Getting the thing rolled up, for starters, is like handling a passive resister.
        Cleaving
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        He always assumes the rôle of passive resister, and is always defeated with ignominy.
        A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
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        Of the seniors, the lead resister was Dwayne, who, in class, preferred to shrug and sleep.
        The new yorker
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        I told them my father was the first resister in this country, and he died for it.
        Gratitude
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        From what I can learn, North has been an obstructor, all along, hasn't he?
        Empire Builders
        2
        This motion was plausible, and this time the obstructor spoke plausibly, concealing the temper which really pervaded his opposition.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
        3
        The great obstructor of the Queen's bounty was removed, and Spenser might hope that now, at last, the hour of his prosperity was come.
        The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
        4
        So saying they turned to the right and prepared to scout round the rock and continue their way; but this did not suit their obstructor.
        Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
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        On this the cure agreed to marry the young couple next day at ten: and the professional obstructor of bliss went home with Gerard's angel.
        The Cloister and the Hearth
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        As the obstructer of his designs, Wiatte waylaid and assaulted Clithero.
        Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
        2
        On disbelievers and obstructers let us have companion.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 / A Maga...
        Ús de thwarter en anglès
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        When I entered who should I see but the eternal thwarter of my happiness, the ever-present Nicholson!
        Wild Western Scenes / A Narrative of Adventures in the Western W...
        2
        'After death the judgment'; and what will become of the thwarters of the divine counsel then?
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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        They ought to take legal action against fellows like that on the ground that they are thwarters of merry parties and destroyers of harvest weather.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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