How to Use scupper in a Sentence

scupper

verb

• The latest information could scupper the peace talks.
• Or scupper your plans and call you out on all your bullsh*t?
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Aug. 2022
• The substantial costs of defending against a DOJ suit could scupper the deal.
  — Michael I. Krauss, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• But following in the vein of the first half the chance was scuppered with a lack of ball control with Hemed's eventual shot lashed over the bar.
  — SI.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• The absence of just one specialist can delay or scupper the whole project.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• Why don't the candidates all propose to scupper the tariffs?
  — Mark Montgomery For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 20 Nov. 2019
• If that is the case for officials in Bavaria, that would likely scupper Chelsea's chances of landing Higuaín this summer.
  — SI.com, 25 June 2018
• Swaths of the country, often in states that Trump won last year, are wary of vaccines -- a skepticism that threatens to scupper hopes of driving out the virus for good.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 25 May 2021
• The Prime Minister may still be wise to keep one eye north of the border on Monday -- as not for the first time, a Scottish court hearing could scupper his plans further.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
• The plan to have Parrish throw out the first pitch was scuppered by rain, but Parrish spent more than an hour signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• That hasn't calmed jittery investors, who are trying to make sense of a record drop in demand and are worried Russia could scupper the deal entirely.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
• But these heists may soon be scuppered by low-tech security measures.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
• But this was scuppered by a side effect of the recent typhoon, in which a real-world emergency news broadcast on SBS took precedence.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
• But the two sides are still at loggerheads over what access EU fishing boats will have to U.K. waters, something that could yet scupper an overall deal.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• The assumption is that, as all of these sides are equals, those that have fallen by the wayside have been scuppered by some endemic weakness, by some wrong that must be righted.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2017
• This state of affairs has turned off some foreign investors and scuppered plans to turn the country into Africa's Silicon Valley.
  — Tara John, Time, 4 Aug. 2017
• Put another way: even the most devoted activist could scupper much of their carbon-reducing efforts for the rest of the year on just a single round-trip.
  — Fortune, 15 Aug. 2019
• The Argentine is famous for his aerial ability and may well need to be on top form to stop a careless goal scuppering City's current record.
  — SI.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• But the Australian looked equal to her opponent's efforts and had the chance to serve for the championship, only to scupper the opportunity and lose in the resulting tie-break.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 10 July 2021
• However, the 32-goal midfielder's move to the Premier League was eventually scuppered by the demands of the side from the Portuguese capital.
  — SI.com, 14 Oct. 2019
• Mr Karoui was subsequently charged with money-laundering, which would seem to scupper his chances.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• Days later, Netanyahu scuppered that deal anyway, imposing a set of last-minute demands.
  — Joseph Hincks, Time, 20 Apr. 2020
• On Monday, Reuters reported that Comcast (cmcsa, +1.35%) is getting its ducks in a row to scupper the deal, one way or another.
  — Hallie Detrick, Fortune, 8 May 2018
• Scholz’s cabinet needs to sign off by the end of the week because one of the plants needs to undergo maintenance -- and missing the deadline could scupper the extension, the minister argues.
  — Arne Delfs, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• Supply issues could scupper recent gains in New Zealand and Australia.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
• Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Juventus could scupper the transfer plans of Chelsea and Arsenal this summer.
  — SI.com, 13 July 2018
• Any hopes that the Trump administration could end the crisis were scuppered by its chaotic policy.
  — Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
• Competition issues in parts of Europe, feisty unions and messy politics could yet scupper any deal.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
• The secrecy, Mr Burns writes, was meant to keep opponents of a nuclear deal in both Washington and Tehran from scuppering the initiative at the outset.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• At the time, workers were trying to gain union recognition, and the GMB union has since accused Amazon of deliberately hiring hundreds of extra staff to scupper the vote.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023

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