sabotage
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“Everybody’s weirdly competitive and trying to sabotage each other.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Prosecutor Nomenarinera Mihamintsoa Ramanantsoa said the French national had been charged with multiple offences including criminal conspiracy and plotting to sabotage infrastructure such as power lines and thermal plants.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Germany, Kyiv's biggest provider of military aid, has been battling a surge of cyberattacks, as well as espionage and sabotage plots since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
SYDNEY—From the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, a global scramble is under way to protect submarine cables vulnerable to potential sabotage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
“I’m probably not going to bother doing the sabotaging, either. At least I’m not going to sabotage that contest.”
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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