scuttling

Example Sentences

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The scuttling of too many legs, combined with the spider’s habit of suddenly vanishing from sight, give even the most stalwart observer a case of the shivers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But analysts don’t see the Iran conflict at this point scuttling a U.S.-China summit, or the broader detente.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

In recent weeks they got an unlikely ally in loggers who said scuttling the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

But the deal between the firm and the harbour board fell through, and the contract went instead to another company which then carried out the scuttling.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

It was the kind that the clans call the smoke-frost: an icy breath that descends from the High Mountains at the start of winter, blackening berries and sending small creatures scuttling for their burrows.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver