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Instead, Batchik said, Icelanders decided the potential benefits of membership weren’t enough to override worries that joining the EU could undermine the country’s sovereignty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry issued a statement on X Sunday expressing the kingdom's "solidarity with the government... against any attempt to undermine the country’s security and stability".

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

“When attorneys are exploiting vulnerable people, including paying folks to file fraudulent claims, they’re not just breaking the law, they really undermine the credibility of the legal system and every attorney,” Zbur said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

"That does undermine the credibility of the review," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

On the one hand, he was treating us as animals to whom he could toss a bit of slop, and I felt it would undermine our dignity to take the sandwich.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Stern: He wrote that Bostock supports, not undermines, the court’s conclusion in the latest trans cases, because in Bostock, everyone agreed that adverse actions against the employees was discrimination, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

As negotiating tactics go, it certainly undermines whatever public approval he hoped to gain with his “I’m just a guy, standing in front of the movie biz asking it to love me” bit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But these models rely heavily on outputs from U.S. frontier labs, which undermines the economics of these labs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Iran captain Mehdi Taremi added: "This kind of tension undermines the joy of the World Cup. I felt the tension from the first moment we arrived."

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

It systematically undermines the solidarity of the family, and it calls its leader by a name which is a direct appeal to the sentiment of family loyalty.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The new cap, issued by Gov. Newsom, would have undermined the “competitiveness” of the current California Film and Television Jobs Program, said the Entertainment Union Coalition, an advocacy group that supports the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

"The behaviour found in this case was simply intolerable. It involved failures to declare conflicts of interest, dishonesty and conduct which undermined the integrity, impartiality and professionalism expected of every police officer."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

South Korea’s foreign minister said the abrupt curtailment took the country by surprise, while the opposition party said it undermined the alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

A "fundamental irregularity" also took place while the jury was sequestered that "fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts", he argued, without giving further details.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

But for the second day in a row, that chance was being undermined by a series of unexplained computer problems.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The serving yips were undermining the two-time major champion's talent.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

While diversification may take time, operational data points “reinforce our view AV adoption can expand the overall category without necessarily undermining Uber’s platform position,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

But his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party made little headway improving the country's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The secrecy in the days and weeks after the Secret Service operation in Ankara may have been, in part, to avoid undermining his public image of power.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

It was a deeply disturbing turn of events, essentially abrogating the Treaty of Versailles and undermining the foundations on which European peace had been built since 1919.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown