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The Shadow had been balked in his pursuit; nevertheless, he had thwarted criminals in their attempt to eliminate him.

And they, too, could have given up the idea, having been so thoroughly thwarted in their first attempt.

She was thwarted in her attempt to poison the Black Knight, and the plan was foiled.

Thwarted in her attempt to cut her own wrist with Paco's razor, she begs him to kill her since that is what he really wants.

However, he was thwarted in his attempt at an historic double by the incredible recovery play of Seve Ballesteros.

But she is thwarted in her attempt every single night by the parrot, which adopts the stratagem of telling her a story.

Roger is thwarted, this time by a scarlet fever scare, in his attempt to speak to Molly before he leaves.

The authorities were thwarted in their attempt to confiscate the Hopton estate since John Gell the younger was able to prove its transfer to himself.

Like the law, The Shadow had been thwarted in his attempt to nullify crime.

In 2005, he was thwarted in his attempt to leave New York to play baseball in Florida because of eligibility requirements.