sabotage
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Iran began work at Pickaxe Mountain after the sabotage at an Iranian centrifuge assembly facility in 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
German media on Friday quoted a federal police report that lists more than 165 suspected sabotage cases nationwide this year, though they don't say who is responsible.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Denmark's intelligence agency warned on Thursday that Russia is "actively" preparing sabotage operations against its defence industry.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Anyone who tries to sabotage our critical infrastructure and paralyse society is attacking all of us. But we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed or intimidated by criminal activity."
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Most cases of sabotage were not reported in our controlled press, but rumors abounded.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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In his pain and anger, he sabotages the play, turns the Hook-Pan showdown into a real fight, and leaves an audience full of kids wondering if Neverland is always like this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Psychological research has shown us that panic amplifies helplessness and sabotages rational thought,” Michael Valdez, an expert in neurology and addictive behaviors, told Salon.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
Whether in Violet’s hand or buzzing on the table, it sabotages her ability to converse; it’s an exaggeration of how a tool intended to connect people wedges them apart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
It seems to mean well, even as it sabotages investor performance.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024
"Then the Earthman—I mean the Earthman who sabotages the rockets—has to be a part of the technical staff," Rick said.
From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
German investigators trying to establish who sabotaged Nord Stream discovered the Andromeda in dry dock on the island of Rügen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Grantham’s latest bearish case is that U.S. stocks could be sabotaged this year by an overheated IPO market.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
Finnish investigators would later suggest the Cook Islands-flagged vessel -- allegedly part of Russia's shadow fleet -- had sabotaged the cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
A Ukrainian national has been arrested by police in Poland as part of the investigation into the 2022 explosions that sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, his lawyer has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
From the three sabotaged machines, the payloads veered sideways, arcing towards the barrage from the other three onagers.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Barrot said the attacks targeted government ministries, companies, and service operators, with the aim "either of capturing information or sabotaging operations, for example rail infrastructure, as was the case in Poland".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Inside the legal system, though, McLaughlin is known for something else: Actively sabotaging the Department of Homeland Security in court through her crass, often false public statements.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2026
“We are sabotaging ourselves,” she said, adding: “You can’t address a housing crisis with a policy that worsens our housing shortage. You just can’t.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
But on Tuesday night, after nearly sabotaging itself once again, Scotland put an end to nearly three decades of heartbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Him sabotaging my spot at Sunridge by pretending to be me was the last straw.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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