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has thwarted

  • present perfect of thwart (3rd person singular).

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Mantel contends Yaroslavsky has thwarted efforts to increase the housing supply.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Since seizing power, the Traore-led junta has repeatedly said it has thwarted attempts to destabilise the country.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

For over a century, Mother Earth herself has thwarted every attempt to get at all but the most readily available sources of it.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

That tension has thwarted reform efforts since last century.

From Salon Dec. 3, 2024

A woman—by the irony of a fate that has thwarted the original design of Nature.

From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)