sabotage
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday distanced himself from an alleged plot to sabotage investigations into his entourage and Socialist party that has intensified pressure on a government already beset by legal woes.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“Everybody’s weirdly competitive and trying to sabotage each other.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
When one chase scene halts as the stop-motion pursuers squabble about their battle cry, the evident labor in the aside elbows us to run with the idea that movements sabotage themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Qatar, a longstanding mediator in talks between Iran and the U.S., announced days after the war started that it had arrested three operatives recruited by the Revolutionary Guard to conduct sabotage activities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“I know he’s with Rae now, and I wouldn’t do anything to sabotage that. But I wanna make it clear to him that he’s more important to me than my...reputation, I guess.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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