postpone
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Echo & the Bunnymen had to postpone a show after singer Ian McCulloch was injured in a crash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The museum said the decision to postpone was taken to "protect" the event and it remains "committed to providing a space where history, culture and scholarship can be explored openly, respectfully and without disruption".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
That summit has been delayed once, and analysts say markets would likely take any moves to further postpone the meeting, which is set for May 14- May 15, as a negative.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Tehran has offered to open the Strait of Hormuz but postpone nuclear talks.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Less than a month later, on December 5, 1941, Hitler decided to postpone his attempt to seize Moscow until spring.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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