Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 34 abortive 33 bid 33 foreshadowed 32 amid 32 endured torrid 32 ill fated 31 laid bare 31 backfired spectacularly 30 fueling speculation 30 US#bn [002] 30 scuppering 29 unwelcome distraction 29 sparked 29 clearest sign 29 ending 29 follows 29 increasingly acrimonious 29 Swiss miner Xstrata 29 allaying fears 29 narrowly avoided 29 clearest indication yet 29 likened 28 intensified 28 unsolicited takeover 28 reports thesun.co.uk 28 scuppered 28 following 28 mogul Barry Diller 28 unedifying 28 disastrous 28 triggered 28 presaging 28 sparking fears 28 highly publicized 28 faltering 27 intensifies 27 announcing 27 continued apace 27 portended 27 kickstarted 27 presaged 27 ill timed 27 relaunch 27 ended 27 monthlong 27 embattled 27 prompted 27 protracted 27 Smarting 27 aborted 27 culminated 26 reeling 26 prepares 26 steeling themselves 26 coincided 26 brushed aside suggestions 26 evoked memories 26 readies 26 desperate 26 scotched 26 deepened 26 poorly timed 26 headline grabbing 26 unveils 26 girds 26 takeover 26 rumors swirled 25 reflecting 25 foundering 25 casts doubt 25 quashed rumors 25 culminating 25 midst 25 bodes ill 25 Rupert Murdoch News 25 takeover bid 25 underlines 25 eventual 25 defends 25 heralding 25 Group Plc VOD.L 25 mired 25 equates 25 Analysts 25 stoking fears 25 Chief Executive Josef Ackermann 25 deepening 25 aiming 25 signaled 25 endured 25 sparks outrage 25 scuppers 25 triggering 25 soured 25 continues apace 25 speculation swirled 25 heralds 25 aftermath 25 NM Rothschild 25 keenly awaited 25 ends