undermine

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But bonds—often a place of safety in times of market turmoil—have offered no relief, hit by worries that resurgent inflation will keep interest rates higher than expected and undermine the value of their fixed payouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

He went on to say the lights could become "a source of annoyance to people" and "harmful to wildlife", and added that he felt they could "undermine enjoyment of the countryside or the night sky".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Higher energy prices have the potential to cause stagflation —a lethal combination of higher inflation and lower growth that would likely undermine businesses’ bottom lines.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“The risk is that constant flip-flopping and headline fatigue is starting to seriously undermine the efficacy of the ‘Trump put,’” Barclays analysts said in an equity research note Friday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

What the printing press did, quite simply, was undermine ‘the dishonourable tyranny of that Usurper, Authority’ and strengthen evidence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton