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While better rainfall and agricultural production this year have helped, one good harvest "cannot undo the damage of several years of drought".

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“No sentence can undo what his family and fellow deputies have carried for three years. My thoughts remain with them,” Ohlsen said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said no apology could undo that but the trust would "support women who have been impacted" in any way possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

This would effectively undo the 2025 rate cuts pushed by former Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, and would bring the central bank’s benchmark interest rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

“It lets you check the contents without having to undo the zipper.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The two-segment operating model undoes changes made by former chief executive Bernard Looney that were initiated as part of BP’s pivot to lower-carbon sources of energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

It’s nothing grand, just a palm-sized sweetness waiting for me in the freezer, but it undoes me every time.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025

The decision undoes a ruling by US District Judge Maame E Frimpong in Los Angeles, who had said that there is a "mountain of evidence" showing the raids were violating the US Constitution.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

The decision by an 11-judge 9th Circuit panel undoes one made last year by a three-judge panel of the same court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024

His fingers shake as he undoes the ties in the wall.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Audiences learned in the 2024 series, “Agatha All Along,” that although Billy and Tommy’s physical forms disappeared when Wanda undid her hex at the end of “WandaVision,” their souls remained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

With an ample majority of the 117 members present in the 130-seat chamber, lawmakers undid a rule that since 2020 had limited the president's ability to impose states of emergency.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

The Japanese yen surged against the dollar in Asian trade as possible central bank intervention undid the currency’s wartime losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

And whatever your case for tariffs is, the way we implemented them undid it completely.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

She undid each braid and removed every bead, then washed and combed and brushed.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

“They have destroyed a lot of buildings to build these outposts, and that is something that can’t be undone, but they could easily leave these giant dirt berms where they are.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The league initially was neutral on Measure J, but “we do not believe a decision voters made at the ballot box should be undone because of an administrative or drafting error,” its statement said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Despite an improvement from Wales after the opening half an hour, they were ultimately undone from two set-pieces.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

"I understand that my false accusations have caused Mr Carter immense pain, suffering and damage that can never be fully undone."

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

She drummed her fingers on the surface of her papers and her frizzy hair was coming undone from her usual tight ballerina bun.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The ancient PC proves to be Harry’s undoing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Just over two weeks after its release, Stone’s undoing has racked up more than 1.6 million pageviews.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

He fears a bus lane may be its undoing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“They really don’t get credit for doing something bad and then undoing it,” U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“What are they?” asked Bronwyn, undoing the cloth to reveal a hunk of brownish meat with little tubes shunting out of it.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs