abort
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Cancel the tee booked at the Belfry, rearrange the trip to Cadbury World and abort the shopping jolly to the Bullring.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
She decided to abort, saying in a 2023 interview: "In my life, I have had many kinds of courage but not the courage to become a mother."
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hamilton made a mistake on his first run in Q3, locking a brake at Turn Three, and had to abort the lap.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
In February its space agency conducted a successful in-flight abort test from Hainan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
“We will have to abort our mission if you are injured.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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At the same time, the plant aborts nearly all fruits that contain larvae, which helps limit the plant's resource investment.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
A “go-around” refers to when an aircraft aborts a landing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
At the end of "Thalidomide," Plath writes, "The glass cracks across, / The image / Flees and aborts like dropped mercury."
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2022
Following a pair of last-second launch aborts over two days, the third attempt worked for SpaceX on Wednesday as it blasted a large commercial communications satellite into orbit without a hitch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2017
The Weschcke produces no pollen, being one of those curious freaks of nature which aborts its staminate flowers before they reach maturity.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association
A United Airlines crew twice aborted their takeoff, and then declared an emergency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Earlier this month, European football's governing body said that despite Infantino's plan being aborted following widespread condemnation, the conditions required to prevent a boycott had "not been met".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
These can lead to a weakened immune system, increased mortality and aborted offspring.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Singaporean billionaire Lim Chap Huat is suing Brookfield Asset Management over an aborted joint venture to buy industrial properties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The plane is now turning away from Kennedy, after the aborted first attempt at landing.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Russell, who won the sprint race earlier on Saturday, was on the back foot after aborting his first lap.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Such is her agony at the memory of aborting their baby that she relies on her diary entries from the time to carry the weight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
After aborting the takeoff, the crew returned the plane to the gate, where passengers disembarked, the airline said, adding that the flight was then delayed overnight.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
However, while traveling at over 11,000 mph, the system experienced an anomaly, aborting the flight prematurely.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
A familiar example is the role of those two diseases in aborting the French effort, and nearly aborting the ultimately successful American effort, to construct the Panama Canal.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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