undermining

Example Sentences

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South Africa's international standing has meanwhile been dented, undermining its post-apartheid image as a champion of human rights and African solidarity.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie and Taylour Paige play shoplifters undermining the powers that be in a zany, visually uninhibited comedy written and directed by Boots Riley.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Parents worry about AI undermining education and harming children’s mental health.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Turning specifically to people smuggling - either by gangs or orchestrated by hostile states - the declaration says that the phenomenon "risks undermining support for and the integrity of the Convention system".

From BBC • May 15, 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