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They lost both, LeBron James serving as the official thwarter both times, with 45 points to save Miami in the 2012 game and 35 to lift Cleveland in the 2018 clincher.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022

To them he was not so much a father as the policeman of home,--a personification of stern negative decrees, a systematic thwarter of almost everything they most cared to do.

From Young Lives by Le Gallienne, Richard

When I entered who should I see but the eternal thwarter of my happiness, the ever-present Nicholson!

From Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described by Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp)