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Shares in SpaceX fell further below their initial-public-offering price Friday after the spacecraft manufacturer aborted an attempt to launch its Starship rocket.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the aborted diplomatic launch capped an already tumultuous two days that presaged the meeting’s collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Some of the evidence was too much for one juror, leading to the trial being aborted and re-started with a new jury.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Thus, that potential for other, independent experiments was preempted or aborted.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
