sabotage
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When Bertha’s down-to-earth sister, Monica, threatens to ruin the overall aesthetic with a dowdy frock, some light sabotage leads Monica to accept Bertha’s previously worn Season 1 gown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
New proposed laws in the U.K. seek to increase penalties for subsea sabotage, updating codes that date to when telegraph cables were first laid in the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The purpose is to transform accountability into victimhood and failure into sabotage.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said the explosion would not affect the country's exports, adding "this was an accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature".
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Dasch asked to make an appointment to speak to someone about sabotage, preferably J. Edgar Hoover.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
She triply underlines her feminist themes and nearly sabotages her own clever creation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
In his pain and anger, he sabotages the play, turns the Hook-Pan showdown into a real fight, and leaves an audience full of kids wondering if Neverland is always like this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Psychological research has shown us that panic amplifies helplessness and sabotages rational thought,” Michael Valdez, an expert in neurology and addictive behaviors, told Salon.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
It seems to mean well, even as it sabotages investor performance.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024
"Then the Earthman—I mean the Earthman who sabotages the rockets—has to be a part of the technical staff," Rick said.
From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
Archaeologists working on the “Greek Desk” uncovered Nazi secrets, sabotaged enemy infrastructure and helped prepare for D-Day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Grantham’s latest bearish case is that U.S. stocks could be sabotaged this year by an overheated IPO market.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
But police redeployment ordered at the weekend risks being "sabotaged" by the VIPs and the officers who get paid for their service.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
The ex-Confederate Jefferson Davis managed to avoid trial for treason; a sympathetic prosecution deliberately sabotaged its own case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
Instead they thoroughly sabotaged themselves and their cause.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Barrot said the attacks targeted government ministries, companies, and service operators, with the aim "either of capturing information or sabotaging operations, for example rail infrastructure, as was the case in Poland".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Inside the legal system, though, McLaughlin is known for something else: Actively sabotaging the Department of Homeland Security in court through her crass, often false public statements.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2026
But on Tuesday night, after nearly sabotaging itself once again, Scotland put an end to nearly three decades of heartbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
To audible gasps, Nick Mohammed later admitted at the round table that he and Joe Marler had colluded by sabotaging the final round of the chess game so that Nick's team lost.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Sarai felt sick—not just at the idea that Minya might be sabotaging her lull, but to think that she would manipulate Great Ellen, who was almost like a mother to them.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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