African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party, which he said "scuppered" the government's bold bid and had neutralised ❋ Unknown (1995)
Socialist premiers Brown and Zapatero have scuppered PES hopes of putting forward Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as their candidate by giving their backing to the Populist candidate. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A political crisis in Greece has scuppered European leaders' latest attempt to end the crisis, at least for the time being. ❋ Alex Brittain (2011)
An injury of that serious nature would have scuppered most world title fights so Haye now needs to explain why he risked his reputation anyway. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The two genres don't always sit well together, and the retro lens flare becomes wearing, but Super 8 has character and charm, especially in the three young leads, whose plans to make a super-8 zombie movie are scuppered by the arrival of a dangerous creature. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The neatest solution to this crisis – the return of the chanteuse through the "wild card" system, permitting Cole to reprieve one previous ejectee – was then scuppered by the revelation that the Home Office is threatening to vote the singer and her family off the island, claiming that her mother has illegally claimed benefits – a suggestion strongly contested by the family's lawyers. ❋ Mark Lawson (2010)
An attempt to build one at Foulness in Essex was scuppered by the 1973 oil crisis, and more recently Cliffe, near the Isle of Grain, has been mooted, but the Foster plan is the most ambitious. ❋ Unknown (2011)
One because it recalls distant days when the Fifa general secretary praised English footballing philosophy, rather than being the man widely regarded as heading a corrupt organisation that scuppered England's chance of hosting the 2018 World Cup. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Or that he scuppered Wednesday's proceedings, when he and his client failed to appear? ❋ Unknown (2011)
But any hopes that she would now find herself a stay-at-home mother with ample time for household chores were soon scuppered. ❋ Unknown (2011)
But when he tells trade unions, as he did during his campaign, that British Airways 'scuppered strike plans earlier this year "showed that the rules governing strike ballots are in urgent need of reform," he raises the specter of that winter. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Wenger has offered £22m to Rennes for the France holding midfielder Yann M'Vila but the French club have told him he must pay £30m, which looks to have scuppered any deal. ❋ Unknown (2011)
As it happened, when Pratt scuppered Ponting he was legitimately on the field, as Simon Jones was genuinely injured. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Plouffe also warned about the huge sums being spent on campaigning by outside groups, mianly on the Republican side, following the Citizens United supreme court ruling that scuppered spending restrictions. ❋ Richard Adams (2010)
Americans still recall that it was Mr. Monti who scuppered the GE-Honeywell merger in 2001 and fined Microsoft €497 million for dubious antitrust violations in 2004. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The sudden scrapping of the Audit Commission last summer was rushed and could have scuppered meaningful reforms of local authority auditing, according to a report by the Commons local government select committee. ❋ Unknown (2011)
When Ree tries to enlist in the army, she is scuppered by the fact she can't bring the children along. ❋ Barbara Ellen (2010)
That plan was scuppered by the surprise decision of Mr. Weber to leave his job as president in April. ❋ Bernd Radowitz (2011)
I was going to go as a pirate, but Billy [scuppered] my plans by getting the last [costume] [in the shop]. ❋ Geater (2008)
[Man], who was that scupper [I saw] you with [last night] ❋ Brett The Fish (2006)
[julie] was a right scupper and one day she found she was [banned] from the [supermarket] for being, a scupper ❋ Pixielulu (2010)
"Oh God I lost [Toni's] money, I am so [scuppered]..."
"You wrapped your car around a tree with no [insurance]? Man, you are so scuppered." ❋ Lil Brit Chick (2007)
When Jeremy [bent] [forward], he was [scuppered] by Tony. ❋ Spike Morrison (2006)
[Oh] scupper! [I just lost] that [swordfight]. ❋ Booty (2004)
My friend an [EMT] told me about this guy they found with a frozen salmon up his ass. They had to take him to the hospital to get it removed. They call that move [the rusty] [scupper]! ❋ Little Smokey (2007)
After [Cory] got a blumpkin from [Dawn], he [sat on] her lap and gave her a Rusty Scupper. ❋ Kennyfuckinpowers (2012)
Hey [newbie], come here and see the school of [scupper trout].
I hope this ship can move fast enough to leave the scupper trout behind.
When a ship is "[dead in the water]" the last thing you want to see are scupper trout surrounding the ship. ❋ Shutterbugdw (2009)
he [gave] her a rusty scupper [cuz] she was having her [period]. ❋ N. Monk (2007)