abort
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Cancel the tee booked at the Belfry, rearrange the trip to Cadbury World and abort the shopping jolly to the Bullring.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Regarding the mid-air incident, he said that a plane "was meant to land in Leipzig but then had to abort the landing".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
They concerned the launch abort system, which enables Nasa engineers to eject the astronauts and blow up the rocket if there is a malfunction.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
A little later, when Lopsang had climbed to the base of the Hillary Step, Hall decided to abort the summit attempt and signaled Cotter and Lopsang to turn around.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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
October: The Houston Space Center aborts a launch after six seconds.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
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
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 Isaac George Briggs
He said there had been an "aborted" police pursuit, which both officers were "not directly involved in".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A United Airlines crew twice aborted their takeoff, and then declared an emergency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Earlier this month, European football's governing body said that despite Infantino's plan being aborted following widespread condemnation, the conditions required to prevent a boycott had "not been met".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It was aborted after widespread criticism from several confederations, led by Uefa which has threatened a boycott of all Fifa competitions.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
About five minutes later, however, they aborted the caper.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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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
“Aborting takeoff, aborting takeoff,” the United pilot responded.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 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
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