undermined

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Erik Smolinski, a crypto investor, said the revelations undermined his confidence in the president.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

“This ruling preserves a vital tool to protect the stability of the California insurance market. Blocking cost recovery would have undermined the state’s last-resort coverage option,” she said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

His former employers at Chelsea accept his departure undermined the club's season, having finished 10th after losing at Sunderland on the final day of the season.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

At first I thought the exchange undermined my story, making Hildebrand seem less central to the president’s energy policies than I’d suspected.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

Confidence in experimental knowledge thus requires the natural/artificial distinction to be undermined and replaced by the conviction that by performing procedures that correspond to natural processes I can have true knowledge of those processes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton