Sentence examples for thwart the operation from inspiring English sources

But things have improved since 1982, when Italy sent a military force to Lebanon in the teeth of opposition from many of its soldiers' wives, who attempted to thwart the operation by refusing to provide the necessary signatures for their husbands' passports.

"Recreating a common carrier regime for broadband ISP service now, years after the Commission set a different regulatory course, would thwart the operation of the 'virtuous cycle' of investment, competition, and innovation and throw the industry into disarray".

But only cross-border cooperation and intelligence-sharing can thwart the operations of terrorists and tackle the biggest migration challenge: of all illegal immigration, and the people smugglers and trafficking gangs who control it.

Increasing public investment in higher education with the goal of college for everyone — in effect, taxpayer-subsidized social promotion — is thwarting the operation of the sorting mechanism.

"I call on Muslims everywhere to use all means possible to thwart the aggression, including martyr operations against the belligerent American, British and Zionist invaders," he said in a statement.

The plot -- lame even by the low standards of nasty-boy comedy -- involves the Troopers' attempts to thwart the "locals," and in the process to foil a drug-smuggling operation that uses cheap knockoffs of Japanese cartoons as a front.

A massive operation was launched to thwart the Taliban, who had vowed to disrupt the election, and heavy rainfall may have depressed turnout in some areas.

A massive security operation is under way to thwart the Taliban which has vowed to disrupt the election.

A former senior American intelligence official said on Wednesday that Prince bin Nayef oversaw the recent operation to use a Saudi informant to thwart the airliner plot.

Recognizing that Wall Street's control of clearinghouses would likely thwart the development of a deep and open market, Congress initially limited dealer ownership of an operation to 20 percent.

"Gmail and Facebook traffic is encrypted to thwart the cyber-crooks and in order to get hold of material they would need the co-operation of the firms".