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Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the president he had identified leakers who were undermining the administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

He added extremist settlers were "undermining security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

His last years with the agency were unhappy, however, as he came to feel that some of his colleagues were undermining him.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

Reuters spoke to nine officials and businesses across Africa who said Chinese red tape and a reluctance to strike broad trade deals were undermining Beijing's plan to boost African imports.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2022

It was known that the Yankees were undermining our works, and we were tunneling all around to meet them, but our tunnel at the Crater missed them about fifty feet.

From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by Elliott, James Carson