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Hardly had my parents' car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the Classics corridor.

That's stretching out the time it usually takes to sign deals, and a greater number of them are getting scuttled as they develop, he said.

They scuttled into the fields in hordes, ready to attack the insects attempting to suck the life out of the young rice and cotton plants.

Go back down to the pier and click on the boat. See that the boat was scuttled.

The Navy later scuttled the ship and transferred Campbell to the South Pacific, where he remained until the end of World War II.

On the June afternoon when a faithful few scuttled 74 ships of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, he dedicated himself again.

And a handful of scuttled deals, in markets from Australia to Taiwan, could signal an end to the M&A frenzy that has helped spice up prices.

The German ships mostly took refuge in neutral ports or, when intercepted, scuttled themselves.

Mice scuttled across the forest floor and great bears lumbered through the undergrowth.

Whether the task force will present viable solutions for the state is uncertain: compromise has scuttled many a bold idea.

The Fed pressured Bear Stearns to sell itself, but a misstep in the hastily drawn agreement nearly scuttled the deal.

In 1942, during World War Two, the French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis .

Now she has scuttled that line in favour of the argument that she is the only conservative who can win statewide.

Some suggested he had deliberately made the remark in the hope that the deal with Fatah would be scuttled, since he will lose his job.

It has also scuttled chunks of the intelligence edifice that cast a long, dark shadow over its smaller neighbour.

The entire deal was scuttled last month, however, after a growing number of Australians worried about giving China such control.

The announcement scuttled an agreement for new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and sparked a deep crisis in U. S. -Israel relations.

Sharp barbs, shooting spores, and poisonous defenses scuttled early attempts at agriculture.

Analysts also question why the new government suddenly scuttled its proposed peace deals with militant groups.

Similar resistance has scuttled a few large Chinese deals.

Xizor's personal vendetta against Lord Darth Vader nearly scuttled the entire organization.

Blood still dripped from it, onto the dirt floor. It scuttled over and put its tongue to the pool, tasting the fluid.

The boy scuttled away when he saw his stern father coming.

The robbers grasped the peril of their position and scuttled away.

Fortunately, plans to test the theory during a solar eclipse in 1914 were scuttled by World War I.

The big industrial plan was scuttled.

A mouse scuttled behind the curtain.

The UN quickly scuttled the rumors and claimed it wasn't so.

compromise has scuttled many a bold idea.

The illegal mongers scuttled off when they saw the policeman.

The beetle scuttled away when I lifted the stone.

In 2008, such concerns scuttled a Huawei deal to buy electronics manufacturer 3Com.

after the pirates captured the ship , they scuttled it