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Word: spoiler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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After Minnesota won the opening faceoff, neither team recorded a shot on goal until nearly four minutes in, when Kessler deflected a shot by Gopher senior Kelli Blankenship. The Crimson got its first opportunity two minutes later, but Minnesota freshman goalie Noora Raty played spoiler to a shot from Ryabkina...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Breaks Series Drought With 1-0 Victory Over Minnesota | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...Mousavi, the opposition candidate who claims to have won the disputed election, criticized the proposal negotiated by Ahmadinejad's team at Vienna, warning that if implemented, it would negate the work of thousands of Iranian scientists. Opposition figures and analysts say his response was merely an attempt to play spoiler and prevent the regime from benefiting politically from a deal with the West. Still, nuclear diplomacy with the West has effectively become a political football in Tehran, complicating President Obama's quest for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Green Movement Reaches Out to U.S. | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...despite a Crimson roster full of talent, Penn remains the reigning Ivy co-champ, and will look to play the role of spoiler in Harvard’s season once again...

Author: By Eric L. Michel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Plays for Payback, Ivy Title | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...shows are mere lures to the low plausibility bar of home viewers. Watching them costs nothing but time. It's a different matter to ask moviegoers to pay for The Fourth Kind, a movie that's all setup and [SPOILER ALERT!], with the exception of one creepy levitation, no payoff in the chill department. Osunsanmi is so dogged in pursuing his faux-doc style that he offers hardly a glimpse of extraterrestrials [END SPOILER ALERT]. You'd do better downloading an old Art Bell show - say, the one about the guy who put an alien in his freezer - than investigating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fourth Kind: Subnormal Activity | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...usual Houses will be receiving between one and five stars. SPOILER ALERT: Dumbledore dies. Just kidding. A House gym will actually get a five today. Follow the jump to see which...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer | Title: Get Your Swell On: House Gyms Part 3 | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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