undermined

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But that argument is undermined by the short-term responses of Treasury rates in the closest analogous crisis: the 1973 embargo on oil shipments to the U.S. by the petroleum-exporting countries in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

What we think we want is often undermined by what we actually want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian undermined that testimony.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“They’ve undermined the functioning of the courthouse by behaving that way,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Those germs undermined Indian resistance by killing most Indians and their leaders and by sapping the survivors’ morale.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond