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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

This pardon does not undo what happened 71 years ago.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

In Allen, the post-Callais case concerning Alabama’s effort to undo Black representation, and in an early Texas districting case, Abbott v.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

“That is the most mischievous part of his plan. Only he can undo it.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

The Malibu property, listed at $39 million, is in the midst of renovation as its new owner undoes Ye’s head-scratching remodeling choices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

It undoes the investigation the state's attorney's office did for a year.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023

She undoes the string on the chicken, and the glazed paper.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

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

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

“It was his escape — he is literally the person who undid the ribbon, so to speak,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024

From this he drew a flat rectangular package, and he undid the plain cotton cloth about it.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

France have looked so solid at the back at this World Cup but they came undone in what some might say was their first serious test.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

But that progress has quickly and suddenly come undone.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

This growth was undone by the war in the Middle East that upended global energy markets and left a fifth of global LNG supply unable to exit the vital waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

In the early 2000s, England’s so-called Golden Generation was undone by simmering rivalries between the boldface names.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

What’s done can’t be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

In LaSalle’s opinion, echoed by many critics at the time, the maudlin elements of the film’s third act are its undoing.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

The rise of a man known as “The King of the North” could finally be his undoing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

OK, the Chargers didn’t race to the podium to select offensive linemen — their undoing last season — but they have remade their offensive line anyway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Some say that Pythagoras starved himself, but the most common versions all say that beans were his undoing.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife