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Treasury yields that tend to undermine the allure of U.S. fixed-income assets and demand for the greenback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But analysts say that yields could easily rise again if tech stocks continue to rebound and inflation remains elevated—a development that could eventually undermine that rally, as it did before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Private companies buying up care homes for older people in England could undermine the government's ambition to create a universal care service, the regulator says.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

It is disturbing to see a mother not only fail to support her daughter but so actively work against her—and to undermine her character to boot.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

They not only fuzz up a writer’s prose but can undermine his intent.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The resulting increase in thickness and weight undermines the main advantage of anode-free battery technology.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

If a cycle of higher refinancing costs and insufficient fiscal adjustment undermines investor confidence, gold could benefit as an asset that doesn’t depend on a government’s repayment promise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That undermines Meta’s claim that Muse is “simple to use. People just tell Muse what needs to get done, and it takes action.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is the deal that counts, not the values it promotes or undermines.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

“When you start becoming reflective about the process, it undermines your ability. You lose the flow. There are certain kinds of fluid, intuitive, nonverbal kinds of experience that are vulnerable to this process.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

“His conduct undermined both legal and artistic rights.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Additionally, as we have said repeatedly, personnel are only removed at this FBI if they have been found to have acted unethically, undermined the mission, or engaged in weaponization of law enforcement.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

This was however undermined by a lack of proper health education to destigmatise the virus, meaning people often wanted to hide their symptoms, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The S&P 500 has been in holding pattern for two months now, its progress stalled by bond-market carnage and its technicals undermined by the narrow breadth of stocks keeping up the index.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

But the availability of slaves undermined the economic motive for the development of technology.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Could the enormous AI infrastructure build-out be changing demand for metals used in electronics and technology, and perhaps undermining the usefulness of this old market signal?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the book, he writes about getting ousted as chief executive and accuses Iger of undermining him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

This has raised concerns of illicit Sudanese gold undermining the legitimate Egyptian gold market.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Right now, you have a situation where the water is undermining the foundations of homes and streets,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Was he a villain for stealing secrets and undermining the government’s ability to protect the public?

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin