undo
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Bullish signals from three different links of the AI chain helped the Nasdaq Composite undo most of Friday’s selloff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
Both full-backs have been used as tactical tools to undo a team's defensive strategy too:
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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
He had to undo the damage and bring his father home.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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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
Even though Fennell attempts to make the audience sympathize with Oliver, it does not quite land because of the movie's ending that undoes the groundwork that was laid out.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023
But it does no good, undoes no spell.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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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
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
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
George undid his bindle and brought out three cans of beans.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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It’s a tale of an exacting, step-by-step plan to rob a racetrack and how it is wittily undone by even more meticulous and unforgiving fate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Arsenal had performed reasonably well against City, took the lead twice and were ultimately undone by small margins.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Cronje was undone when an Indian police wiretap of a bookmaker caught him in discussions about fixing matches.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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 made a whole new and beautiful world, even as she worried that her own world was coming undone.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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The ancient PC proves to be Harry’s undoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
After undoing her hex that let her live out a version of a happily ever after with Vision, Wanda had to watch him and their kids — twin boys Tommy and Billy Maximoff — disappear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
And in its zeal to purge the newsroom of dissent, CBS and Weiss may have inadvertently triggered the creation of their most dangerous future competitor — and accidentally set the stage for its own undoing.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 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
The triangle knot had been pulled so tight that undoing it was like trying to unravel a rock.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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