scuttle
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Was she trying to scuttle the Netflix takeover bid?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Netflix won the bidding for the storied studio and HBO in December, prompting the spurned Paramount executives to launch a multipronged strategy to scuttle the Netflix deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
Tillis withholding his vote could delay the nomination vote but is unlikely to scuttle the nomination, said Stephen Myrow, Beacon Policy Advisors managing partner.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Demanding that Netflix sign off on the long-term licensing of Warner content to other broadcasters would also likely scuttle its bid.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
And the pebbles began to jostle and scuttle and crawl away like bugs.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
But a merger with Ares Acquisition, a blank check company backed by the Los Angeles firm, was scuttled in October 2023 as investors cooled on special-purpose acquisition companies and became cautious on new issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In a potential sign of Netflix’s confidence, it agreed to pay Warner a so-called breakup fee of $5.8 billion if the deal was scuttled because the companies couldn’t obtain necessary approvals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Similar concerns scuttled the United Arab Emirates’ attempts to acquire the jet, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
Rising electricity prices are one reason data centers are facing a growing wave of local opposition, which has delayed or scuttled tens of billions of dollars worth of projects.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
But the sly dog dived, came up under the man-of-war, scuttled her, and down she went, with all sail set, ‘To the bottom of the sea, sea, sea’ where...”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
The startup and investors signed the term sheet, but then one of the founders quit the business to join a big AI lab, scuttling the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
And so, some still mull just scuttling the agency.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
The forwards took the fight to France with relish, thumping into contact, scuttling several scrums and making the driving maul a weapon against a heavier pack.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
The EU ended up accepting it instead of scuttling a deal altogether.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Whatever the scuttling thing was, it had to be here somewhere.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing scuttle
Of Mice and Men
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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