undermine

Throughout history, armies have used tunnels to hide, attack enemy positions and undermine fortifications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It is disturbing to see a mother not only fail to support her daughter but so actively work against her—and to undermine her character to boot.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

Apple maintains that widening access could undermine security, and that its current arrangements do not stop innovation.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Threats, fear-mongering, and violence against public servants have become far too common over the past decade and undermine our democracy,” Panetta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

He married and had children, but his post-traumatic stress disorder continued to undermine his ability to manage his behavior.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

It could be used if a trading partner deliberately undermines fair-market conditions and distorts the bloc’s market, the letter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It is the deal that counts, not the values it promotes or undermines.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The new evidence undermines Omar al-Bayoumi's 25 years of denials that he was an extremist and a Saudi spy.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

“When you start becoming reflective about the process, it undermines your ability. You lose the flow. There are certain kinds of fluid, intuitive, nonverbal kinds of experience that are vulnerable to this process.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

“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

His press secretaries have sometimes had their public statements undermined by presidential pronouncements.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

“I’m too weird. It would have undermined the process.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

While he agreed with the right to protest, he said the looters were "undermining their own goals".

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

This has raised concerns of illicit Sudanese gold undermining the legitimate Egyptian gold market.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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

Doing so will require combining overlapping operations, and eliminating jobs without undermining the movies, television shows and streaming programming Ellison and the company need to compete for audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

But the thought keeps worming back in, undermining every attempt to rout it out.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman