abortive

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A Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2016 for reporting on the abortive Turkish coup, his work has won a string of international awards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Besides, there are other aspects to Murphy’s monstrosity, which he co-created with Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken of the narratively abortive “Grotesquerie,” worth pondering.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

But there was also damning testimony from a detective named Sam Browne, who recalled Darrow’s words to him minutes after the abortive bribe attempt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

On Saturday morning, four days after Yoon's abortive attempt to declare martial law, the president once again appeared on television.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

“Were you involved in that particularly abortive coup?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole