scuttle
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Hilton and Bianco want to scuttle the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
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
If Paramount doesn’t offer more before the Feb. 23 deadline, then that would seemingly scuttle any chances of this escalating into a bidding war that would drive Warner shares higher.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
I scuttle to the kitchen through the dining room and busy myself ladling things into bowls and serving plates.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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By 1992, more than $50 million had been spent in restoration and renovation, but the project was scuttled by a bankruptcy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He has scuttled rare disease drugs because, in his view, they aren’t worth the cost since they don’t cure all patients, even if they slow progression and reduce symptoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In a potential sign of Netflix’s confidence, it agreed to pay Warner a so-called breakup fee of $5.8 billion if the deal was scuttled because the companies couldn’t obtain necessary approvals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Similar concerns scuttled the United Arab Emirates’ attempts to acquire the jet, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
Crabs scuttled down into the depths of the ocean.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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His greatest sadness was for Lacey, who should have had his name in lights but instead was part of a team scuttling off the pitch to the sound of boos and harsher criticism.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
After the judge forbade them from using certain PowerPoint slides, Halem’s former attorneys decided against presenting an opening statement to jurors, scuttling any possibility of a favorable outcome, Weimortz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
And so, some still mull just scuttling the agency.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
A major winter storm has pummeled much of the East Coast, dumping around two feet of snow on cities and scuttling travel, work and school for millions of Americans between Virginia and Maine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The morning of King Joffrey's name day dawned bright and windy, with the long tail of the great comet visible through the high scuttling clouds.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Of Mice and Men
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