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None of them had been informed in advance of the decision to cancel the show, they said, although two had contributed to the review.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Coast Guard detained a cruise ship in Miami, prompting operator MSC Cruises to cancel a sailing after travelers had already boarded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Because the magnetic contributions oppose one another, they cancel out, leaving no overall magnetization.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
“That usually means you can’t cancel so you either have to be 100% you’re going or get trip insurance.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
“I would thank you, too,” said Constance, “except I wouldn’t have fallen into the hole if you hadn’t dived, so my thank you and your apology cancel out.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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In effect, the surrounding electrons form a cloud that "screens," or cancels out, the magnetism of the atom.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The Pentagon cancels a brigade deployment to NATO’s eastern front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Evans also told the court that an article with the headline "Sick Elton cancels more tour dates" in November 2009 followed a statement on his website.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
American Battery Technology shares drop sharply after the Department of Energy cancels a $115 million project that would have split the cost equally.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
It’s just hard to love someone who cancels the cable right before the Walking Dead marathon.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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Last year, Great America canceled most live entertainment and its seasonal Halloween- and Christmas-themed events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Shares are down more than 50% over the past 12 months following a number of setbacks, including canceled orders and mixed financial results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
It worked, and the city canceled the Eid celebration.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Previously, any months spent in forbearance didn’t count toward the 120 needed for a borrower to have their debt canceled under the program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
“He’s canceled two meetings with me,” Johnson said querulously to an aide.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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Earlier this month, Australian data-center operator Firmus Grid cited market volatility in canceling a planned IPO of almost $5 billion that would have been the country’s largest in nearly 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Popular use cases of Meta’s viral AI agent include processing refunds, canceling subscriptions and negotiating lower home- and car-insurance rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In addition, the White House was warned that canceling TPS for Salvadorans would disrupt construction projects in Washington, D.C., the New Yorker reported and a source with knowledge of the warnings confirmed they had occurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Dots are OpenAI’s answer to the current craze around AI agents designed to make users’ lives easier by handling tasks like scheduling trips or canceling subscriptions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
It is so rare to have a new tent appear that Celia considers canceling her performances entirely in order to spend the evening investigating it.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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"It's tedious to get up early, wait, and then see your train cancelled, but it's understandable there's a strike," she said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
A proposed trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled following accusations that the trial was "unethical" and "neocolonial".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Rally Saudi Arabia, part of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship, which was scheduled for 12–15 November, has been cancelled.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
But as things stand between Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthi separatists, that race could not go ahead, and is likely to be cancelled if nothing changes by December.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
That’s how it felt when Macon cancelled the turtle walk.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Saudi Arabia issued attack alerts Tuesday for Mecca -- the holy city's first of the Middle East war -- and Jeddah and Taif governorates, before quickly cancelling them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The hotel stays, booked separately, have their own terms and conditions and cancelling so late meant there were no refunds.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Last September, Amazon paid $2.5 billion to settle allegations that it deceptively tricked consumers into Amazon Prime subscriptions and made cancelling them excessively difficult.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
Instead of a roiled mess of waves cancelling each other out, you would have a pond of perfectly ordered waves, with high points and low points appearing regularly at the same spots again and again.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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