Sentence examples for plot to scupper from inspiring English sources

Of the alleged plot to scupper it two days after the collision, he said: "It was all done in secret.

"Bond's mission is to make sure a Russian plot to scupper Moss's race by forcing him to crash is intercepted … there's a fantastic race Bond gets involved in".

Big-spending La Liga side Malaga plan to scupper Manchester United's attempts to land Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen.

The Taliban had threatened to scupper it, and failed.

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

But these objections are most unlikely to scupper the agreement.

Maria continued her attempts to scupper Leverich's biography.

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.

Each of these is knotty enough to scupper the event on its own.