abort

When Gavalas reported seeing a car just like his own, Gemini told him it was part of a government surveillance operation and told him to abort the mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

To mimic the conditions of a rocket ascent, they launched the missile and, after it broke the sound barrier, triggered the abort system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

The front of the car lost grip, and kept losing grip, and Norris had to abort to prevent going off the track.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

"I just had a bit of understeer and was going to go off so I had to abort," said Norris.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

The little group of defenders shoved them back, sinking two destroyers and damaging nine other ships, shooting down two bombers, and forcing the Japanese to abort, their first loss of the war.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

At the same time, the plant aborts nearly all fruits that contain larvae, which helps limit the plant's resource investment.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

At the end of "Thalidomide," Plath writes, "The glass cracks across, / The image / Flees and aborts like dropped mercury."

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2022

Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert try to return to Earth after an explosion aborts the April 1970 moonshot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2019

Following a pair of last-second launch aborts over two days, the third attempt worked for SpaceX on Wednesday as it blasted a large commercial communications satellite into orbit without a hitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2017

This sometimes aborts a fit, as biting a finger in which the aura commences may also do.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George

The selloff accelerated after Thursday’s highly anticipated Starship test flight was automatically aborted due to engine issues on the booster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Shares in SpaceX fell further below their initial-public-offering price Friday after the spacecraft manufacturer aborted an attempt to launch its Starship rocket.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some of the evidence was too much for one juror, leading to the trial being aborted and re-started with a new jury.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

Piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Madan Khatri Chhetri of the Nepalese army, the olive-drab B2 Squirrel helicopter—stripped of all unnecessary fuel and equipment—made two passes, but on each occasion aborted at the last moment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Russell, who won the sprint race earlier on Saturday, was on the back foot after aborting his first lap.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Such is her agony at the memory of aborting their baby that she relies on her diary entries from the time to carry the weight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

There has been no confirmation of those conversations from the Kremlin or Mr. Prigozhin, who has largely been silent since aborting his revolt, and whose current location is uncertain.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

However, while traveling at over 11,000 mph, the system experienced an anomaly, aborting the flight prematurely.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

A familiar example is the role of those two diseases in aborting the French effort, and nearly aborting the ultimately successful American effort, to construct the Panama Canal.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond