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While better rainfall and agricultural production this year have helped, one good harvest "cannot undo the damage of several years of drought".

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Both full-backs have been used as tactical tools to undo a team's defensive strategy too:

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Still, the late-evening thoughts eventually led him to undo some decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This would effectively undo the 2025 rate cuts pushed by former Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, and would bring the central bank’s benchmark interest rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Well, s’pose we filed the head of the screw so you could do it up but not undo it?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The two-segment operating model undoes changes made by former chief executive Bernard Looney that were initiated as part of BP’s pivot to lower-carbon sources of energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The decision undoes a ruling by US District Judge Maame E Frimpong in Los Angeles, who had said that there is a "mountain of evidence" showing the raids were violating the US Constitution.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

It started with the recent ancestor of XEC, KP.3.3, which exhibits a mutation that undoes destroying the essential transcription region of N* so the N* protein can’t be produced.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024

The decision by an 11-judge 9th Circuit panel undoes one made last year by a three-judge panel of the same court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024

I can’t even move when Mami gently undoes my hands from around her waist.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Audiences learned in the 2024 series, “Agatha All Along,” that although Billy and Tommy’s physical forms disappeared when Wanda undid her hex at the end of “WandaVision,” their souls remained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

And whatever your case for tariffs is, the way we implemented them undid it completely.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

Unlike the long-ago transition to the cloud, which undid many existing software firms, incumbents aren’t being complacent this time around.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

He was the 1920s utility entrepreneur who built the electricity revolution until the valuations that came along with it unraveled and undid him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Arm undid the eight locks and left on the chain.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

According to new adaptations of “Sense and Sensibility,” “Pride and Prejudice” and other period pieces, it’s looking undone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Also set to appear on the show is Mollica’s Thomas Shepherd, an older incarnation of one of Wanda and Vision’s magically created sons who had disappeared when the hex enveloping Westview was undone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

"That tragedy cannot be undone," Wisner said, calling for legal reform, proactive regulation and proper governmental oversight.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I understand that my false accusations have caused Mr Carter immense pain, suffering and damage that can never be fully undone."

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Three hours’ work left only the head undone, and Powell paused to swab his forehead and glanced uncertainly at Cutie.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

After undoing her hex that let her live out a version of a happily ever after with Vision, Wanda had to watch him and their kids — twin boys Tommy and Billy Maximoff — disappear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The appellate panel voiced serious doubts about undoing the consent decree at oral arguments in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

But the success of the scheme has also been its undoing – it's growing rapidly and costing the government too much.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

And in its zeal to purge the newsroom of dissent, CBS and Weiss may have inadvertently triggered the creation of their most dangerous future competitor — and accidentally set the stage for its own undoing.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

I nod, but it’s strange—it’s like the damage is done, and slowing down isn’t undoing it.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen