Cross
Thwarted
Thwarted adjective - Disappointingly unsuccessful.
Both words in one sentence
- Holy Burns Evil: The bike's first attack on Kim is thwarted by the cross around her neck.
- It can often yield highly inaccurate or suspect information and is easily thwarted by either not having multiple parties to cross-reference with or said parties having planned for the eventuality.
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The entire setup of The Ball and the Cross is that an old-fashioned Catholic and militant atheist flee from the police across the English countryside to try and engage in an (illegal) duel to the death, but are thwarted at every turn in increasingly hilarious and bizarre ways.
Source: Duel to the Death
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