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Modern touches of 2-step, sub-bass and auto-tune embellish songs that address distinctly adult concerns: Thwarted ambitions, losing touch with old friends, 21st Century malaise, and a constant, aching desire for human connection.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

Thwarted in their attempt to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, the Soviets focused on the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could strike the United States from Europe.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Thwarted, unfulfilled desire is the wire running through Hitchcock’s work.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2021

Thwarted ambition and a state of limbo in work by Suné Woods at Papillion Gallery 

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2015

Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez