thwarting

Unlike Bond, constantly thwarting Soviet villains, Burlington never got a chance to flex its muscle.

The pattern of presidential overreach thwarting achievement is not limited to noble goals.

Prince said that despite $80 billion a year in spending, U.S. intelligence had nothing to do with thwarting the Nigerian national.

Military men defended the repression as key to thwarting the communist threat.

The outside world has achieved remarkable success delaying and thwarting the Iranian nuclear program.

What a power for thwarting the plans of men little things sometimes exercise!

He missed no opportunity of thwarting and damaging the Government which had saved him from the gallows.

The good Doctor sighed and consented; he recognized there was no thwarting their earnest purpose.

If he had made a few enemies by thwarting private plans, he had surely the power of making a thousand friends.

He longed for an opportunity of thwarting his plots, if it could be done without also ruining himself.