abort

They concerned the launch abort system, which enables Nasa engineers to eject the astronauts and blow up the rocket if there is a malfunction.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Throughout the complex aerial gymnastics of an abort, the distribution of weight matters immensely: A top-heavy capsule performs differently than a bottom-heavy capsule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Once, on a solo trip to the North Pole, he snapped a piece of his ski binding and was forced to abort the entire expedition, writing off a trip that cost more than $200,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

Norris was blisteringly quick on his first lap but a loss of front grip in Turn Two on his second meant he had to abort and opened the door to his team-mate.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

“We will have to abort our mission if you are injured.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

When one of the two seeds aborts, the remaining one acquires a greater size, and fills the interior of the fruit, which in that case, of course, has but one cellule.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

Some of the evidence was too much for one juror, leading to the trial being aborted and re-started with a new jury.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

To be sure, an aborted launch isn’t all that surprising.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The crash happened before midnight Sunday when a firetruck was headed toward an aborted United Airlines flight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

Then there’s this noise like an aborted sob, and she pushes past me, straight through the door.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

Leclerc's fastest time was his third attempt to do a lap on the soft tyres after aborting his first two runs.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

There has been no confirmation of those conversations from the Kremlin or Mr. Prigozhin, who has largely been silent since aborting his revolt.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 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