scuttled

Example Sentences

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The SpaceX IPO filing is full of so many red flags that it would have scuttled other launches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission scuttled a Blockbuster acquisition External link of Hollywood Video in 2005 as a merger to monopoly; Blockbuster, the supposed rental behemoth, declared bankruptcy a few years later.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

In a 3-1 defeat of the Blue Jays that scuttled a potential Halloween-night, championship-clinching party at a sold-out Rogers Centre, the Dodgers did just enough to keep their season alive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

The U.S., on the other hand, scuttled almost all its weapons of that type long ago.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Gurgi snatched the food, thrust it between his teeth, and scuttled up a tree trunk, leaping from tree to tree until he was out of sight.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander