scuttle
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The capacity crunch has caused consternation among power users, forced companies to scuttle products and led to reliability problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
And what does success in these negotiations look like - a fully-formed peace deal, or just productive initial talks that don't scuttle the temporary ceasefire?
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
That helped scuttle its recent failed merger talks with Rio Tinto by “making the valuation tricky,” Whiteside says.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
Netflix won the bidding for the storied studio and HBO in December, prompting the spurned Paramount executives to launch a multipronged strategy to scuttle the Netflix deal.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Fallen leaves, battered and bleached, scuttle in swirls on the pavement.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing scuttle
Of Mice and Men
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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