scuttle
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Netflix won the bidding for the storied studio and HBO in December, prompting the spurned Paramount executives to launch a multipronged strategy to scuttle the Netflix deal.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
The group of Chagossians and Holloway hope their encampment will scuttle the agreement once and for all before the British Parliament rubber stamps it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
If Paramount doesn’t offer more before the Feb. 23 deadline, then that would seemingly scuttle any chances of this escalating into a bidding war that would drive Warner shares higher.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Demanding that Netflix sign off on the long-term licensing of Warner content to other broadcasters would also likely scuttle its bid.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
It started to scuttle frantically across the wooden surface.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing scuttle
Of Mice and Men
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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