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Meanings of thwarted in inglês

Disappointingly unsuccessful.

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        Mr Wilson said the family is disappointed with the five year sentence.
        Radio NZ
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        I'm frustrated and disappointed, but haven't quite given up hope just yet.
        The South African
        3
        However, those wishing it was all true will be left ultimately disappointed.
        The South African
        4
        And the American government made certain that France would not be disappointed.
        The new yorker
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        However, it was disappointed that there wasn't clarity on the referendum question.
        Radio NZ
        1
        But since Islamic State was largely defeated last year, divisions have resurfaced.
        Reuters
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        The EU's compromise, to delay the ban a year, was also defeated.
        The Irish Times
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        U.S. officials justified the decision by saying Islamic State had been defeated.
        Reuters
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        Political parties, and National in particular, have little tolerance for defeated leaders.
        Radio NZ
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        In the great majority of cases, a villain exists to be defeated.
        The Guardian
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        The legislation itself has given hope to thousands of frustrated property owners.
        The Irish Times
        2
        I'm frustrated and disappointed, but haven't quite given up hope just yet.
        The South African
        3
        Williams is among local government leaders frustrated at government delays to reforms.
        The Guardian
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        Tierney said: I'm so disappointed and frustrated to be in this situation.
        The Guardian
        5
        Often my attempts to change the way these schools worked were frustrated.
        The Guardian
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        When their plan was foiled by Public Security, they all committed suicide.
        Evil and the Mask
        2
        The Chian turned pale and trembled; his vengeance was braved and foiled.
        Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
        3
        He was foiled of his combat; and he had lost the prize.
        History of the United Netherlands, 1590b
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        Legal attempts to reduce the amounts it must pay have been foiled.
        The Guardian
        5
        The strategy of General Joffre which foiled him is praised throughout France.
        The Audacious War
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        But we see dress first, in the figures of the discomfited Magi.
        Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
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        He found himself discomfited by her gaze... while drifting, catching new information.
        Zero Point
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        This settled the affair: and the discomfited expectants made a precipitate retreat.
        The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
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        But numbers hemmed them in too sore, and the Franks were discomfited.
        Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of C...
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        Far from being discomfited, Cullis conversed with the man in fluent French.
        The Guardian
        Usage of thwarted in inglês
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        Dell, however, thwarted the chance to keep the game tied at 1.
        Reuters
        2
        I could tell him of my thwarted plan and ask his advice.
        Helen of troy
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        We thwarted all of them and the event went ahead without incident.
        The panic zone
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        The BBC reports two previous launch attempts were thwarted by technical glitches.
        Radio NZ
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        Numerous obstacles have thwarted OAT scale-up, including individual constraints and structural barriers.
        Pubmed
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        Holbrooke declined to comment on whether Pakistan's recent arrests had thwarted talks.
        Reuters
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        That's already made it the target of one thwarted attack in 2006.
        Wired
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        Cleveland was able to move the ball but penalties thwarted progress early.
        Reuters
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        Here is the way his parents had thwarted him in his likings:
        Original Short Stories — Volume 13
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        But with respect to the human species, nature's intentions had been thwarted.
        Is Human Nature Obsolete?
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        All sorts of strange thwarted instincts make themselves felt in the Squire.
        Robert Elsmere
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        They were continually thwarted, however, by Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen.
        Reuters
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        Efforts over the years to legalize on-track sports-wagering have been similarly thwarted.
        The Guardian
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        I cannot explain the mechanism of it, but her attack was thwarted.
        Monster Hunter International
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        For decades, political reformers have been thwarted by the inertia of Westminster.
        The Guardian
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        Germany's diplomatic ambitions are being thwarted by the project's brutal business logic.
        Reuters
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