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Catherine Mchomvu, chief executive of the Devon Antenatal Family Centre, has been campaigning to secure the future of the Barnstaple facility, and warned that reductions nationally would undermine the quality of care.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Threats, fear-mongering, and violence against public servants have become far too common over the past decade and undermine our democracy,” Panetta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The firm argued that bypassing traditional exchange rules could fragment liquidity, or scatter trading activity across different platforms, and undermine investor protections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

University student Fadumo Ali worried that a disputed federal election "could undermine governance and national unity".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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

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

"That undermines the purpose of the original campaign."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

This ‘nothing’ is important because it undermines the standard account of the origins of experimental science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

“Defendant has undermined public confidence in the countless officers who exercise their authority lawfully and honorably.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The four leagues say the shake-up is needed to make world football's governing body "transparent, objective, proportionate and inclusive" and claim that "our sport cannot grow globally if its foundations are undermined".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

His critiques of both communism and unrestrained capitalism stemmed from his dismay that each of them undermined the dignity of human beings created in God’s image.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Confidence in experimental knowledge thus requires the natural/artificial distinction to be undermined and replaced by the conviction that by performing procedures that correspond to natural processes I can have true knowledge of those processes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

While he agreed with the right to protest, he said the looters were "undermining their own goals".

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 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

Does incorporating everyday brands risk undermining the exclusivity appeal?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“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

Alvarez would say later that he was inspired by the pleasing thought of undermining “the infallibility of Bethe’s Bible.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik