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Dirie told the BBC that while Somalia effectively regulated phone numbers in the country, WhatsApp's new feature would undermine that.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

One more remaining factor may undermine the dollar in the future, Sachdeva predicts: it’s the fundamental cheapness of Asian currencies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

He offered a note of optimism and suggested the president’s goal is to enhance, rather than undermine, the alliance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

They feared widespread adoption of the energy-hungry technology would undermine their ambition to lead the fight against climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Since Sebond had harnessed faith and reason together, Montaigne’s critique set out to undermine faith by showing that all claims to knowledge are overstated.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Truly creative and inspiring art undermines that goal, because it provokes responses like empathy and critical thinking in audiences — which gets in the way of authoritarian domination.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

But using the technology this way both undermines consumer trust in an increasingly important sales channel, according to critics, and competes with users who demonstrate products the old-fashioned way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Turk said the lack of transparency and clarity surrounding the circumstances of the deaths undermines accountability.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

"This kind of tension undermines the joy of the World Cup," said striker Mehdi Taremi.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

A man from New Jersey wrote that fake news undermines “the prestige of the radio as a dispenser of news.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

The protests follow a series of controversies that have undermined trust in India's testing system, including the leak of a medical entrance examination paper that forced more than two million candidates to retake the test.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

In effect, the body is frozen and it’s legitimacy undermined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Hoekstra said that undermined the original deal agreed to by Ottawa and Michigan about when the U.S. would begin receiving toll revenue, and therefore, needed an adjustment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

He added that lifelong anonymity was given to complainants in sexual offence cases and "great attention must be taken" to make sure this was not undermined or victims were not discouraged from coming forward.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The old, clung-to notions most of us have held about our special lordship are being deeply undermined.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The whole reason thousands of men fought a war over the most beautiful woman alive is that there’s only one of them — unless undermining that excuse is the point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

But Greenpeace said the project will only "create temporary jobs while undermining existing livelihoods in fishing, tourism and small-scale local economies".

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Introducing uncertainty into North America's economic framework risks undermining that strategy.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

However, it said earlier this month that applying the DMA to cloud services risked undermining competitiveness, deterring investment, and weighing on innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Like Tycho before him, he saw the supernova as undermining the Aristotelian notion of literally fixed and eternal stars.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin