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Growing security risks threaten to undermine a recent recovery in regional crude exports, keeping the supply outlook uncertain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he had spoken with his UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and agreed "to collaborate against extremist elements seeking to harm security and undermine stability".

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Botswana-based Elephant Protection Society warns the decision could undermine conservation, with its chairman Oaitse Nawa telling the BBC elephants needed greater protection.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He said the bill would undermine the guarantee that new arts funding would reach every school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

A mass exodus from North Korea could substantially depopulate the country, undermine its already inadequate capacity to grow food, and weaken—or perhaps even topple—the gov-ernment.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

It could be used if a trading partner deliberately undermines fair-market conditions and distorts the bloc’s market, the letter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The new evidence undermines Omar al-Bayoumi's 25 years of denials that he was an extremist and a Saudi spy.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Stern: He wrote that Bostock supports, not undermines, the court’s conclusion in the latest trans cases, because in Bostock, everyone agreed that adverse actions against the employees was discrimination, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

The fact that I can’t stop my knees from bouncing undermines any sense of control, though.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

“I know the catastrophic mechanical issues that have plagued Metrolink trains this year have severely undermined the reliability of the system and the confidence of the riders,” said L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

He said the actions targeted by the policy undermined "peace, economic stability and the rule of law."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Krishnan said he’s talked to frustrated parents who feel that their efforts to limit screen time at home are being undermined by the “dopamine hits” children are getting from gamified apps and YouTube at school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

We poked through the remains of hospital foundations, undermined by erosion channels.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

“The risk,” Bowler stresses, “is that a seemingly benign policy decision produces a disorderly bond market tantrum by undermining confidence in the broader policy mix.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The serving yips were undermining the two-time major champion's talent.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

“While some progress has been achieved, including the promotion of meaningful observation within the Elections Office, Mr. Curtis has failed significantly in other core responsibilities, undermining the very principles he was appointed to uphold.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The law aims to prevent civil litigation overriding its climate policy and undermining business confidence, the government said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Whoever did this had wanted only to unmask me without my permission, to humiliate me by intentionally undermining a decision I’d made to keep some parts of me for just myself.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi