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undo

[uhn-doo] / ʌnˈdu /




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And the Ashes humiliation should not, and does not, undo everything that she leaves behind.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

This pardon does not undo what happened 71 years ago.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

In Allen, the post-Callais case concerning Alabama’s effort to undo Black representation, and in an early Texas districting case, Abbott v.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Oil prices rose in early European trade after the U.S. and Iran exchanged a fresh round of tit-for-tat strikes, threatening to undo a fragile peace agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

“Does that mean there’s a way to undo the curse without committing—” He glanced at the children and dropped his voice.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

The decision by an 11-judge 9th Circuit panel undoes one made last year by a three-judge panel of the same court.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2024

He looks at her, watching as she undoes her hair, letting it hang loose for a moment over her shoulders before wrapping it thoughdessly around her hand.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Pamela Price was recalled in 2024 and replaced by Ursula Jones Dickson, who quickly undid many of Price’s signature policies.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

With an ample majority of the 117 members present in the 130-seat chamber, lawmakers undid a rule that since 2020 had limited the president's ability to impose states of emergency.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

He was the 1920s utility entrepreneur who built the electricity revolution until the valuations that came along with it unraveled and undid him.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

How did public health backslide so hard that it undid decades of progress—and is there any hope we can get back on track?

From Slate Jul. 11, 2025

Emily undid the latch and opened the lid to reveal a yellowed stack of papers sealed in a clear bag.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

This growth was undone by the war in the Middle East that upended global energy markets and left a fifth of global LNG supply unable to exit the vital waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

All that work was undone from the first delivery of day two.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Unfortunately, what would have been a decent score was all undone by not one but two penalties for being out of position on the grid and costing Cadillac their first point.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

What if some of the mental decline linked to aging could actually be undone?

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

It's taken me two years to advance to the level of a Thursday, but still my seven hours of work can be undone by a single question pertaining to sports or opera.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

In LaSalle’s opinion, echoed by many critics at the time, the maudlin elements of the film’s third act are its undoing.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Think of it as undoing all the bad things that sitting does.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

He told The Sunday Show funding shortages risked undoing the unit's previous work.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Nike is still undoing much of the fallout from its direct-to-consumer push.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Pa said his great-grandfather, Slim Jim Trotter, built that old crossing, which turned out to be part of his undoing.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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