sabotage

Example Sentences

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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

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

It’s the latest incident in a global proxy battle targeting key underwater assets—triggering a global scramble to protect cables vulnerable to potential sabotage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“You’re going to choose the world over your comfort? Is that what’s really on your mind, when you have everything you could possibly want, right here? You’re going to sabotage it?”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer