It is disappointing to see the idea scuttled now when we need it more than ever. gerrymandering is to blame for the nation's woes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calitics - Front Page] Reference

(2002-06) had "scuttled" the probe and had destroyed evidence, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) news agency reported.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

A beggar scuttled up to him and held out his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indian Nutshells] Reference

But not if it's scuttled in a fight over abortion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abortion Is Not the Only Moral Issue] Reference

People scuttled by like Pigeons, not looking at anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York at Twenty-Six] Reference

The souring economy and a legal setback scuttled those plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regulator Issues Rules On Purchases Of Mortgages] Reference

Somebody's scuttled the sloop and locked us down in the cabin!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

Amazingly, Sensenbrenner's more moderate bill had been scuttled.    From Wordnik.com.  [After: How America Confronted The Sept. 12 Era] Reference

Information leaks last year had scuttled raids on other hawalas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Money Probe Hits Close to the President] Reference

Later, the QVC chairman took aim at CBS, but that deal was also scuttled.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Not Always Easy Being A Big Shot] Reference

Capitalists have already scuttled Patrick Moore's claimed nuclear revival.    From Wordnik.com.  [Missing the Market Meltdown] Reference

But financial wranglings scuttled his ambition to become a cabinet minister.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tycoon's Final Days] Reference

We scuttled around to the sunglasses so I could see what I looked like in a mirror.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainbow] Reference

The waiter nodded, showed his brown teeth, set down the coffee pots and scuttled away.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTF! Godot, a Sex Addict?] Reference

She jerked away her hand and scuttled into the house that they were then just passing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

Mitch scuttled down to the corner of the strip mall where Little Caesars glowed orange.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan] Reference

“I'm in a hurry,” the woman said apologetically as she scuttled on, dragging her burden.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the Woman Who Has a Hundred] Reference

I watched the roads of this Israeli coastal town empty as panicked people scuttled for cover.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sickening Thud] Reference

But the project was scuttled because of skyrocketing costs, public opposition and lack of need.    From Wordnik.com.  [Karl Grossman: Floating Chernobyls] Reference

He said appointees are "moving along" without the clashes that scuttled some of Bush's nominees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Senate moves slowly in confirming Obama's lower-court judicial nominees] Reference

There have been times when it's been scuttled or interrupted, but only rarely in recent decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interrupted Recess Brings Bickering Back To House] Reference

They almost scuttled the effort to make sure health care would be affordable to average Americans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Reich: Why There's an Enthusiasm Gap] Reference

When Amy yelled to stop, Clarissa scuttled away, a trail of dildos behind her, and two clutched to her chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard] Reference

Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole and a handful of NRA loyalists led a filibuster that nearly scuttled the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Politics Of Crime] Reference

Privately, some administration officials don't think the policy has worked and wouldn't mind seeing it scuttled.    From Wordnik.com.  [West Wing Story: On The Border Of 'Evil'] Reference

Artists and executives who scuttled to the alternative-rock bandwagon five years ago are now stampeding to techno.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electronic Eden] Reference

In between, some rather bewildered international historians scuttled into a conference hall amid shouts of "Traitors!".    From Wordnik.com.  [THE ENEMIES WITHIN] Reference

U.S. insistence on doing the right thing scuttled the Vance-Owen plan, which carved Bosnia into 10 autonomous provinces.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Shame] Reference

A number of big projects in the eastern part of the city have already been scuttled because the title to property is in dispute.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Face Of Berlin] Reference

Better to work with the president to improve health care and employment for some than allow reforms to be scuttled by infighting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remember the Neediest!] Reference

Plans to send a human crew to the Hubble Space Telescope to carry out essential repairs were scuttled, despite an outcry from scientists.    From Wordnik.com.  [PEOPLE PROBLEMS] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deals Stage a Comeback] Reference