sabotage
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"For many months now, espionage, sabotage and extremely far-reaching attempts to exert influence have been part of everyday life."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
When Bertha’s down-to-earth sister, Monica, threatens to ruin the overall aesthetic with a dowdy frock, some light sabotage leads Monica to accept Bertha’s previously worn Season 1 gown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The purpose is to transform accountability into victimhood and failure into sabotage.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said the explosion would not affect the country's exports, adding "this was an accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature".
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
And the last gift Brokk had to present was the one that Loki knew he had already managed to sabotage.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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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
His backpacking adventures are filmed with a jaw-dropping glamour that both makes and sabotages the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
Clodio wears a dress — because he insists, “Revenge is best in a dress” — and giddily kicks his feet in manic joy as he sabotages things.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
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
On Monday, UWM sued Two Harbors in federal court for breach of contract and fraud, alleging it had sabotaged their merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Africa's largest oil producer has increased production in recent years in part by cracking down on theft while also hiring former militants who sabotaged pipelines to act as security.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
According to police, the suspect is believed to have sabotaged the payment system via a cyber attack, getting the system to authorise his transaction after entering only one cent as the charged amount.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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
But the day before we were to meet, the South African government took a step that sabotaged whatever goodwill had been engendered by the Commonwealth visitors.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Andrew Tate’s former publicist says her client couldn’t stop sabotaging his own strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
The best scenes, however, take place at the dinner table where Henry wonders why she’s sabotaging their meet-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
But to know that Miss Anderson has been intentionally sabotaging me...
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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