scuttle
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Hilton and Bianco want to scuttle the project.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
That helped scuttle its recent failed merger talks with Rio Tinto by “making the valuation tricky,” Whiteside says.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 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
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
He’d copied the yard and house perfectly: the uneven wooden fence, the listing palm trees, the open scuttle window upstairs.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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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