call off

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That prompted ABC to call off the premiere days before it was set to run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He backed off after a somewhat conciliatory phone call with Lurie, in which Trump said the mayor asked him “very nicely” to call off the deployment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A formal decision to call off the races has not yet been made but is expected before the end of the weekend.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Europe's ESO star-gazing organisation on Monday welcomed plans to call off building a massive green energy project in the Chilean desert which threatened to spoil its telescopes' view of the darkest skies on Earth.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Why didn’t it show itself so he could just throw her into the dungeon and call off this ridiculous competition?

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas