undercut
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During the trial, Rinderknecht’s defense attorney called several witnesses in an attempt to undercut the prosecution’s theory of the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Otherwise there’s a risk that upstart Western suppliers will continue to be undercut by Chinese competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
It will take a lot for anyone here or abroad to undercut a multitrillion-dollar empire like SpaceX.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s attorney, sharply disputed Lively’s characterization of the ruling, arguing that the court’s prior decisions had substantially undercut many of her original claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The sound of his triumphant laugh is infuriating, and carelessly, I go for an undercut that he immediately blocks.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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That detail undercuts the hard-luck narrative surrounding Bardella's early years which he would later use to appeal to a wider electorate.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
These are hardly examples of the court showing TLC for criminal defendants, and it undercuts Thomas’ claims on Monday.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
But health concerns have helped power a solar backlash that undercuts efforts to broaden energy sources even as customer costs are rising.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
“But if it’s not growing in dollar terms and dollars is what you’re earning if you’re the foreign firm trying to sell to China, then that really undercuts that narrative.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The original is first surrounded with a case or frame of sheet metal or other suitable material, and a negative cast is taken with some elastic material, if there are undercuts; the inventor uses agar-agar.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
The Chinese challengers Seedance, Kling and Alibaba’s HappyHorse have rapidly closed the gap on cinematic realism and have upstaged their American rivals by undercutting them on cost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Smaller breweries are also blocked from supermarket sales due to price undercutting.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
That led Judge Perry to retort: “You are significantly undercutting your mea culpa here by standing behind the charges and continuing to vilify these particular defendants.”
From Slate ● May 22, 2026
Goldman said the risk to the United States was primarily one of reputation -- and that undercutting the Geneva Conventions could have dangerous impacts for a country frequently at war.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
I eventually reached her husband through his importers’ association, which would later blackball him for undercutting his fellow members.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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