| At Monday's Civic Centre Committee meeting, the Councillor said rumours needed to be scotched. |
| So there was a possibility that Italy could even tilt the balance in the final, but Brazil scotched all hopes with an excellent display. |
| The journalist suggests that his investigation may have been what scotched the Kerik nomination. |
| The government should have scotched this one immediately or announced the appointment. |
| History teaches us that unless these pernicious tendencies are scotched, they grow to become unmanageable monsters later on. |
| Union leaders scotched the strike after the company's management agreed to recommence negotiations on wages and related issues. |
