undermine
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Shirin Ali: In your paper, you drill down on the president’s efforts to undermine the midterms into three flashpoints: Before Election Day, during the vote counting and certification process, and when the new Congress convenes.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
But analysts say that yields could easily rise again if tech stocks continue to rebound and inflation remains elevated—a development that could eventually undermine that rally, as it did before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
Catherine Mchomvu, chief executive of the Devon Antenatal Family Centre, has been campaigning to secure the future of the Barnstaple facility, and warned that reductions nationally would undermine the quality of care.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
African American leader Booker T. Washington shared this view, opposing suffrage on the grounds that giving women the vote would undermine their moral and domestic influence.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
But if the defendant alleges new evidence that could lead to a different outcome in the case—or that undermines the reliability of the trial—there is typically a hearing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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
“Additionally, as we have said repeatedly, personnel are only removed at this FBI if they have been found to have acted unethically, undermined the mission, or engaged in weaponization of law enforcement.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The S&P 500 has been in holding pattern for two months now, its progress stalled by bond-market carnage and its technicals undermined by the narrow breadth of stocks keeping up the index.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
There’s scant evidence that Mercedes undermined workers’ rights or violated U.S. labor law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Instead of working together, however, those working on behalf of each group undermined one another.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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
"A succession of UK government programmes has been layered on top of devolved responsibilities and in some cases undermining them," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
While he agreed with the right to protest, he said the looters were "undermining their own goals".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
“Right now, you have a situation where the water is undermining the foundations of homes and streets,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
But the thought keeps worming back in, undermining every attempt to rout it out.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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