sabotage

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The now-declassified CIA report cited a range of potential threats to crude-oil shipments through the strait, from sea mines to sabotage from tiny wooden craft known as dhows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

When markets price crude oil, they must account for the risk that conflict, sabotage and terrorism will interrupt these flows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Ten suspects were arrested who "admitted during the investigation their links to the Revolutionary Guards and having been instructed to conduct espionage and sabotage activities," the nation's official press agency said.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

But with Russian ships sometimes suspected of involvement in the monitoring or sabotage of undersea cables, there's an added national security dimension.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

“Don’t be an idiot. Marcus would love to sabotage the heir to Gens Veturia a day before graduation.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir