undid

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He was the 1920s utility entrepreneur who built the electricity revolution until the valuations that came along with it unraveled and undid him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

How did public health backslide so hard that it undid decades of progress—and is there any hope we can get back on track?

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

But within minutes indiscipline undid their hard work once again when flanker Jack O'Donoghue was sin-binned for conceding a penalty try.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly