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“Don’t do anything you don’t know how to undo without checking with someone else first,” Mallon says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Losing coverage does not merely undo the benefits of having had it before.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

"He tells me if he could serve 10 times the sentence and be able to undo everything that happened, he would."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

This pardon does not undo what happened 71 years ago.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

“That is the most mischievous part of his plan. Only he can undo it.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

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

After putting Tommy and Billy to bed one last time, Wanda undoes the magical hex controlling the town and the twins dissolve along with their dad because they can’t exist without it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

But positioning her as Ethan’s maybe-girlfriend — as if in obeisance to and at the same time defiance of some foundational rule of musical theater — undoes that work.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

But it does no good, undoes no spell.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Unlike the long-ago transition to the cloud, which undid many existing software firms, incumbents aren’t being complacent this time around.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

But her death undid him, and he found his love for Emma reawakened by remorse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

Had it been a moment of class that undid them, it might not have hurt so much.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

He undid the newspapers around the package, and I saw it was our portable radio.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Rep. John Larson, 78, was undone by his plans to expand Social Security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Enthusiasm around artificial intelligence had sent some stocks surging too far, too fast this year — and to some extent, that came undone in July.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

But that progress has quickly and suddenly come undone.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Saudi Arabia ultimately backed down, but U.S. officials said at the time that the damage wouldn’t easily be undone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

His tie was loose around his neck, and his top shirt button was undone.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Instead of taking pleasure in the Witch’s undoing, Sophie tenderly cares for her.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

A spell has erased Peter Parker from the world’s memory — the price of undoing the public exposure of his identity — leaving him a stranger to his best friend, Ned, and to MJ.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Think of it as undoing all the bad things that sitting does.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

The friendship between Alice and Pankhurst turns out to be a crucial hinge in the novel’s plot or, more accurately, in its undoing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

She moved through my hair slowly, undoing the knots as she went.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani