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
Later came boarding school and an abortive spell at Oxford University.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
His eyes glanced momentarily at me and his lips parted with an abortive attempt at a laugh.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing abortive
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" (1967)
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And Then There Were None
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