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He warned that unmanaged cross-border movement could undermine security and social order, and said no country could address the challenge alone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

We hear the underdog aesthetic term rasquachismo used to describe these early impromptu performances: essentially a colorful funkiness, “so funky that nothing can undermine you,” Valdez says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Kratsios said in a memo at the time that the campaigns were aimed to "systematically undermine American research and development and access proprietary information".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

One more remaining factor may undermine the dollar in the future, Sachdeva predicts: it’s the fundamental cheapness of Asian currencies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

To undermine their effort, one of the district commissioners ordered the warden to install two gas stoves near the women’s cells and to hire six women to cook ham and bacon twenty-four hours a day.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Truly creative and inspiring art undermines that goal, because it provokes responses like empathy and critical thinking in audiences — which gets in the way of authoritarian domination.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

But using the technology this way both undermines consumer trust in an increasingly important sales channel, according to critics, and competes with users who demonstrate products the old-fashioned way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Turk said the lack of transparency and clarity surrounding the circumstances of the deaths undermines accountability.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The decision undermines efforts to show that Europe can act strategically and with common purpose.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

This ‘nothing’ is important because it undermines the standard account of the origins of experimental science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Meanwhile, the various visa-related controversies at the start of the tournament undermined claims this would be the most inclusive and welcoming World Cup ever.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

In effect, the body is frozen and it’s legitimacy undermined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

My generation has suffered from two vicious influences that have undermined our collective elasticity and perseverance, and with that, our willingness to take risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Even before last week's disaster struck, Venezuela had struggled with decades of economic crisis and political upheaval that undermined its infrastructure and health services.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Because I outsmarted his sadistic Hunger Games, made the Capitol look foolish, and consequently undermined his control.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

"I believe these amendments carry the risk of undermining public support for the symbolic Emperor system."

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The whole reason thousands of men fought a war over the most beautiful woman alive is that there’s only one of them — unless undermining that excuse is the point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

But when summits become a venue for essentially undermining allied assurance and adversary deterrence, their utility diminishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

But health officials say misinformation is undermining those efforts.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Alvarez would say later that he was inspired by the pleasing thought of undermining “the infallibility of Bethe’s Bible.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik