scuttle
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This litany of defeat includes showy federal efforts to scuttle mergers and acquisitions involving Whole Foods and Wild Oats, AT&T and Time Warner, and Microsoft and Activision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And what does success in these negotiations look like - a fully-formed peace deal, or just productive initial talks that don't scuttle the temporary ceasefire?
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Paramount executives have leaned into a multi-pronged strategy to scuttle the Netflix deal since December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 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
Or the clever outsiders would come up with some grand plan to scuttle the citadel.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The CEO’s dismissal scuttled any hopes of a quick reset.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The SpaceX IPO filing is full of so many red flags that it would have scuttled other launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
The disclosure of the scuttled partnership came as Snap logged a narrower loss and higher revenue in its latest quarter, during which daily active users ticked up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
U.S. skier Jackie Miles was preparing for the 2018 Olympics in South Korea when she crashed in Garmisch, Germany, and suffered a devastating knee injury that scuttled her trip to the Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
There was an abandoned warehouse inside, a dark, dank sort of place where rats scuttled.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Companies generally have 12 months to complete an IPO in Hong Kong after filing an application, but investors are now concerned that regulatory delays risk scuttling Galaxea’s listing, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
And so, some still mull just scuttling the agency.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
The forwards took the fight to France with relish, thumping into contact, scuttling several scrums and making the driving maul a weapon against a heavier pack.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
The EU ended up accepting it instead of scuttling a deal altogether.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Moments later, Oz released his angry captives and sent a huge crab scuttling straight at Jinny.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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Of Mice and Men
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