cancel
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Operations leaders are trying to get ahead of looming problems and make quicker decisions about when to cancel flights, before disruptions cascade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Failure to pay can result in a jail term - but even that doesn't cancel out the debt.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Letterman, a vocal critic of CBS's decision to cancel The Late Show, returned last week as one of Colbert's final guests.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
For the current financial year, Ubisoft reported a net loss of almost 1.5 billion euros, largely due to a massive restructuring that has seen it cancel seven games and delay six others.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
“Okay, I hear another outburst, we cancel the rest of the assembly, and everyone writes a ten-page paper about manners, understood? Okay, Mr. Early.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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