Sentence examples for To scupper from inspiring English sources

Enough, certainly, to scupper Railtrack's privatisation.

Maria continued her attempts to scupper Leverich's biography.

But these objections are most unlikely to scupper the agreement.

The Taliban had threatened to scupper it, and failed.

Agents are trying to "scupper" one another, he said.

Which countries are most likely to scupper a deal?

Officials blamed a Western conspiracy to scupper the deal.

Other boys told him to scupper the notion.

The move appeared to scupper any long-term hope she had of racing for the team.

A previous Polish government helped to scupper a deal on the constitutional treaty in December 2003.

How many car bombs outside polling stations would it have taken to scupper an election?