Scuppered in a sentence

At the time Ouzy said it was his "actions" that scuppered their romance, but now he's said something very different.

A year after leaving office, and a year before President Donald Trump scuppered the deal, Lew was still defending it to a Jewish audience.

But the theatre's closure scuppered a production of Little Shop of Horrors by Coleshill On Stage, which was due to open on Thursday.

Even if plans are put in place by certain members of staff in certain roles, they are often scuppered by problems with the overall club culture and structure.

Ian Crouch of Cape Town was among many whose holiday plans were scuppered due to massive delays in the issuing of UK visas.

Manchester City and Bayern Munich head the Champions League betting, but their hopes could be scuppered by Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of regaining their place in the Premier League’s top four were scuppered as they suffered a demoralising 2-0 home defeat against Aston Villa on Sunday.

Ticketholders have been left furious as they see their plans scuppered, and face missing out on all the performances, including 's rendition of I Wrote A Song.

A plan to open a scrap metal and car dismantling yard in could be scuppered over concerns about noise, dust and smells.

A titanic heavyweight showdown between Fury and AJ has come close to fruition several times over the past few years but has always been scuppered, for one reason or another – much to the annoyance of boxing fanatics.

Expensive deals for average players have scuppered their progress and now they are limited in the business they can do.

However, these people say there is still a risk that a final deal could be scuppered, again, if negotiators choose to hold carbon “hostage” to other key issues due to be discussed at COP29.

I suspect that late Monday nights in Parliament scuppered my viewing after the first episode of the original and it became difficult to catch up.

Rising costs of construction have scuppered plans for a lakeside pub and restaurant where scores of new homes are being built.

The plan was scuppered under protests from a garda stationed at the department, who raised traffic management concerns.

However, she made clear that she didn’t want Paddy to know about her return, but that plan was soon scuppered when the vet spotted her in the village.

Like everybody else, though, 2020 has seen his schedule scuppered due to the coronavirus pandemic, but he has been keeping himself busy with charity and social media.

She mentioned to him that she had once hoped to train a dog to detect koala scat, but the plan had been scuppered by dubious members of his own profession.

The group lost about 10% of its market value last week when regulators scuppered the listing of fintech affiliate Ant Group.

With the lockdown having scuppered all travel plans for book tours to India, Wheeler is now looking forward to the virtual Jaipur Literary Festival in the new year, during which she hopes to interact more directly with some readers in India.