scuttling

Example Sentences

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Higher bond yields risk scuttling a stellar rally for the broader market.

From Barron's • May 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

But the deal between the firm and the harbour board fell through, and the contract went instead to another company which then carried out the scuttling.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

At that time, China didn’t rank in the top fifth, though it was scuttling upward.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

Their thick gray armor; their powerful, scuttling legs; their fire-blasting, ends; their stings and their suckers, combined to make the skrewts the most repulsive things Harry had ever seen.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling