cancel
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The following year, the fest was moved to September, but Hurricane Ida forced promoters to cancel after heavy rain turned the Farm — the festival’s venue — into a muddy mess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I had one cancel on me at pickup last week because I dared to confirm his name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The protests resulted in significant delays, with players speaking out against the actions and referees threatening to cancel matches.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
SK Hynix plans to buy back and cancel more than $28 billion of its shares from Aug. 20 through Nov. 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Oh, by the way, I have to cancel this week’s Friday movie night. Too busy with college and blog stuff.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
He annually cancels or cuts short mandatory minicamps at the end of offseason workouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Duthie says if your airline cancels your flight due to wildfires then "they should offer you the chance to rebook, or provide a full refund".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Plus: Know your rights as a passenger — and what you’re entitled to if an airline cancels your flight for any reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Company A owns company B, and company B owns company A. What cancels out what?
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
And so it does and so it will until some other accident cancels it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
The mayor also criticized Raman’s leadership on the council’s homelessness committee, saying its meetings were repeatedly canceled — including on Wednesday, after Raman failed to show up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I have not been able to confirm why he was fired from his job, nor if his Baptism was canceled as he claims it was.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Meanwhile, some customers have canceled their weekly meal shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The band, which now consists of Gibbons, bassist Elwood Francis and touring drummer Michael Monahan, has canceled dates in Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs after Beard's passing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
At Birmingham New Street station he missed a connection and the next train was canceled.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The school ended up canceling its season after too many players were declared ineligible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Hurricane Lala disrupted travel between Los Angeles and Hawaii on Saturday, canceling flights from LAX to destinations across the islands as the Category 1 storm approached the Big Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
And then a representative for Grande announced she’d be taking a break from the public eye, finishing her tour, but canceling her much-anticipated London performance in “Sunday In The Park With George.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But some restaurateurs grouse that the apps also make diners feel removed from a restaurant and more blase about canceling, and less likely to just walk in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“He’ll be right back. Sadie, how am I going to tell him about the new chiefs canceling Fireball?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
With Love, Meghan was cancelled after two seasons, but it has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Lifestyle Series category.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
LIV Golf has cancelled its Team Championships in Michigan after weeks of speculation, saying it needs to focus on "building its next chapter".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The German defense group trimmed its sales guidance for the year this month after the German government cancelled a major frigate order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The San Francisco Standard found at least 39 Flock contracts have been cancelled in 2026 so far, and community activists across the country continue to push for jurisdictions to ditch more.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
All further visits to La Victoria were cancelled.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Kristersson was due to hold a speech in Stockholm in the evening but told media he was cancelling it to focus on the incident.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
That meant cancelling a trip last spring to Texas to watch the SpaceX Starship launch with his brother.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The German government announced in mid-June that it was cancelling the stalled multi-billion-euro F-126 programme, even though Rheinmetall was widely seen as the frontrunner to take over the project.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
But he added cancelling the attack would be "for the future benefit of the world and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
And, oh dear, what am I to do about cancelling my steamship passage?
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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