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The prophecy states that they’ll acquire the powers of “Break” – to dismantle or undo something – and “Seal” to contain, reconstruct or suppress something.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

“Many of the hyperscalers are beginning to undo years of carefully manicured capital allocation, with share buybacks now making way for share issues,” says John Lloyd, Janus Henderson’s global head of multisector credit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

With Tuesday's lawsuit, one of Hollywood's powerful labor unions hopes to undo the US Department of Justice's approval.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 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

He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what he had begun.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

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

I can’t even move when Mami gently undoes my hands from around her waist.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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

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

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

The mute looked at the fruit with surprise and then undid the cellophane wrappings.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

That era concluded quickly, undone by his hubris and deceit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

All that work was undone from the first delivery of day two.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

As the only tool for doing this was Aravis's scimitar, one of the packs had to be undone again in order to get it out.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

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

"This is literally a matter of life and death, and risks undoing years of hard-won progress," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

That if they fell into the wrong hands, it could be the undoing of a plan that had taken generations to put in place.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee