was undermining
- past progressive of undermine.
Example Sentences
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In Shaffer’s play and its adaptations, Mozart never knew that Salieri was undermining him while he was alive, and his music only achieved massive popularity after he died.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
The new body, inspired by the IPCC, was recommended in a G20 report authored by Stiglitz, demanding action to address a global "inequality emergency", which it warned was undermining both democracy and economic progress.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
To keep going after that and force them back in each other’s lives, it would have felt like it was undermining the stakes of everything we set up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Prescod is the second British athlete to join the Enhanced Games after Olympic swimmer Ben Proud, who said in September he did not feel his decision was "undermining a clean sport".
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
The worldly Argentinean grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, who wasn’t playing in the tournament, introduced Bobby to the city’s nightlife, not caring that he was undermining the boy’s possibility of gaining a top spot in the competition.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
