undermine
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The researchers argue that permanently moving clocks forward could undermine some of those gains by making morning sunlight less accessible.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
These include "barriers that undermine American trade and investment and practices that pose a threat to US national security and foreign policy interests", a US statement said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Aid organisation Oxfam warned that losing its monitoring and de-escalation role could undermine stability, with serious consequences for civilians.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The massive shoulder gives him weight and solidity; yet his frizzled hair becomes smoke, his expression remains impenetrable, and the surrounding darkness and dissolving lower torso undermine that physicality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Yet this substanceless number threatens to undermine the simplest operations in mathematics, like multiplication and division.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The resulting increase in thickness and weight undermines the main advantage of anode-free battery technology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
That undermines Meta’s claim that Muse is “simple to use. People just tell Muse what needs to get done, and it takes action.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was one of several technical issues during the coverage, which fans said was "gimmicky" and "undermines" women's football.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
For me, it certainly undermines Mr. Mamdani’s credibility as a politician.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A man from New Jersey wrote that fake news undermines “the prestige of the radio as a dispenser of news.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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The accidents have undermined trust in the world's second-largest high-speed rail network and overshadowed campaigning for a November 29 general election in which Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is trailing in opinion polls.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
As for Jackson, it’s the latest setback in a career in which stretches of brilliance have been undermined by repeated injuries and absences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Challenged by the BBC over how immigration agents handled both shooting incidents, Bovino rejected suggestions that video evidence undermined his claim that Good and Pretti had intended to harm the agents.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“His conduct undermined both legal and artistic rights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Vesalius claimed to identify scores of errors in Galen and thus undermined his authority, just as Columbus’s discoveries had undermined the authority of Ptolemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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By violating the truce, Moscow would have risked undermining its own efforts to cultivate the crucial relationship with her husband, US President Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Could the enormous AI infrastructure build-out be changing demand for metals used in electronics and technology, and perhaps undermining the usefulness of this old market signal?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
ABC affiliates are annoyed with Disney’s plans to simulcast the Super Bowl on platforms including Disney+, ESPN2 and the NFL Network, potentially undermining their ad revenue during the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
While he agreed with the right to protest, he said the looters were "undermining their own goals".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Was he a villain for stealing secrets and undermining the government’s ability to protect the public?
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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