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sabotage

[sab-uh-tahzh, sab-uh-tahzh] / ˈsæb əˌtɑʒ, ˌsæb əˈtɑʒ /




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They are not doing high-profile sabotage of corporations; they are not shooting it out in the coal mines.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

Iran began work at Pickaxe Mountain after the sabotage at an Iranian centrifuge assembly facility in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Attacks on military and defence targets are not new, although previous acts of sabotage linked to Russia include more puzzling targets - such as an Ikea store and a Polish paint store.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Berlin, a key backer of Ukraine, is also on high alert for sabotage plots linked to Russia.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Eugene Connelley, the assistant FBI director, declared it was the "most impressive" sabotage equipment he had ever seen.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Ms. Moyer-Nocchi repeatedly, bewilderingly sabotages her considerable achievements by not bothering to get small but significant particulars right.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

“Psychological research has shown us that panic amplifies helplessness and sabotages rational thought,” Michael Valdez, an expert in neurology and addictive behaviors, told Salon.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

County Department of Mental Health, said that while good work is done by many, bureaucracy sabotages innovation and erodes the morale of front-line workers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

Ankara said the one-sided declaration was “a step that sabotages the normalization process.”

From Seattle Times May 13, 2024

"Then the Earthman—I mean the Earthman who sabotages the rockets—has to be a part of the technical staff," Rick said.

From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

Cyber attacks are common, and undersea cables have been sabotaged.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Africa's largest oil producer has increased production in recent years in part by cracking down on theft while also hiring former militants who sabotaged pipelines to act as security.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

According to police, the suspect is believed to have sabotaged the payment system via a cyber attack, getting the system to authorise his transaction after entering only one cent as the charged amount.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

Grantham’s latest bearish case is that U.S. stocks could be sabotaged this year by an overheated IPO market.

From MarketWatch Feb. 17, 2026

He sabotaged himself so that he’d get accepted back into the group again.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Andrew Tate’s former publicist says her client couldn’t stop sabotaging his own strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Barrot said the attacks targeted government ministries, companies, and service operators, with the aim "either of capturing information or sabotaging operations, for example rail infrastructure, as was the case in Poland".

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

But McLaughlin did not merely alienate the judiciary; she consistently undermined the administration’s legal arguments, sabotaging lawyers’ efforts to cover up unlawful conduct by boasting about it on social media.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2026

To audible gasps, Nick Mohammed later admitted at the round table that he and Joe Marler had colluded by sabotaging the final round of the chess game so that Nick's team lost.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

The thought of abandoning my team and sabotaging their chances at a win...

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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