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undo

[uhn-doo] / ʌnˈdu /




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Their stalemate heated up this summer, when a fresh appeal seeking to undo the agreement reached the 9th Circuit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The prophecy states that they’ll acquire the powers of “Break” – to dismantle or undo something – and “Seal” to contain, reconstruct or suppress something.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

“Many of the hyperscalers are beginning to undo years of carefully manicured capital allocation, with share buybacks now making way for share issues,” says John Lloyd, Janus Henderson’s global head of multisector credit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

"He tells me if he could serve 10 times the sentence and be able to undo everything that happened, he would."

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

It had the potential to undo all the good work the doctors had done.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

The two-segment operating model undoes changes made by former chief executive Bernard Looney that were initiated as part of BP’s pivot to lower-carbon sources of energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

The decision undoes a ruling by US District Judge Maame E Frimpong in Los Angeles, who had said that there is a "mountain of evidence" showing the raids were violating the US Constitution.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2025

The Malibu property, listed at $39 million, is in the midst of renovation as its new owner undoes Ye’s head-scratching remodeling choices.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

It started with the recent ancestor of XEC, KP.3.3, which exhibits a mutation that undoes destroying the essential transcription region of N* so the N* protein can’t be produced.

From Salon Oct. 9, 2024

Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the specieswithin bounds.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

And whatever your case for tariffs is, the way we implemented them undid it completely.

From Slate Apr. 22, 2026

Collette, who has two teenage children and lives in Sydney, discusses the altar she keeps at home, the power of birth order and the mohair sweater that nearly undid her.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.

From Barron's Oct. 25, 2025

Had it been a moment of class that undid them, it might not have hurt so much.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2025

He not only undid the blue bow; he pulled it all the way out of the hem, so she had to rethread it afterward with a safety pin.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

This is a powerful dynasty that could be undone by paper.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Saudi Arabia ultimately backed down, but U.S. officials said at the time that the damage to relations wouldn’t easily be undone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Enthusiasm around artificial intelligence had sent some stocks surging too far, too fast this year — and to some extent, that came undone in July.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

France have looked so solid at the back at this World Cup but they came undone in what some might say was their first serious test.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

But things thoughtlessly done are never so easily undone.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

The appellate panel voiced serious doubts about undoing the consent decree at oral arguments in June.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

But the success of the scheme has also been its undoing – it's growing rapidly and costing the government too much.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

And in its zeal to purge the newsroom of dissent, CBS and Weiss may have inadvertently triggered the creation of their most dangerous future competitor — and accidentally set the stage for its own undoing.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Iranian advocates of talks have said repeatedly on state media that they are needed to keep an economic crisis from undoing the country’s wartime achievements.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

That if they fell into the wrong hands, it could be the undoing of a plan that had taken generations to put in place.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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