stymie (one's) efforts
1effort — n. 1) to make, put forth an effort 2) to redouble one s efforts 3) to spare no effort 4) to foil, stymie, thwart smb. s efforts 5) an abortive; all out, furious, gallant, great, Herculean, heroic, massive, maximum, painstaking, strenuous,… …
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3Michael Bloomberg — Michael R. Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg in 2007 108th …
4NCAA football bowl games, 2005–06 — The 2005 06 NCAA college football bowl season was a series of 28 post season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) that was played in December 2005 and January 2006 for Division I A football teams and all stars from Divisions I AA, II,… …
52005–06 NCAA football bowl games — Number of bowl games per state. Season 2005 Regular season September 1–December 3 …
6Military history of the United States during World War II — American B 17 Flying Fortresses in flight over Europe …
72009 United Nations Climate Change Conference — United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) Information Date: 7–18 December 2009 Location: Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark …
8PEPPADEP — is the acronym for Programme pour l’Eradication de la Peste Porcine Africaine et pour le Développement de l Elvage Porcin or the African Swine Fever Eradication and Swine Industry Development Project, a development project launched in 1981 by the …
9Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States — This article is about the current international tensions between Iran and other countries, especially the United States and Israel. Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, Iran has had some difficult relations with Western countries, especially the …
10Myanmar — /muy ahn mah/, n. Union of, official name of Burma. * * * I or Burma officially Union of Myanmar Country, Southeast Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Area: 261,228 sq mi (676,577 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 42,238,000. Capital:… …
