Undermined by internal weaknesses, Parthia finally succumbed, leaving its great dreams to its successors, the Sāsānids.
Undermined by amnesties and weakened by military offensives, surrenders and internal purges, the insurgency withered in the following years.
Undermined during the credit boom, as the firm's head, E. Stanley O'Neal, became isolated and paranoid, he resigned his position in 2005 (but stayed at the firm).
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Undermined by deadly rivalries and by federal investigations, the family was shunned by the other New York Mafia families as a fractious, unreliable partner.
Undermined by anxiety and depression, women with autism appear to be more often confined to the small world of their families.
Undermined streams can vanish entirely, and companies are legally permitted to repair them by pumping water through a hose set in the dry stream bed.
Undermined in part by a growing awareness that China is on a path to slower growth, the Australian currency has fallen about 15 percent against the U.S. dollar since mid-April.
Undermined by SkyTruth's numbers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conceded the next day that BP's initial estimate was too low: over BP's public objections, NOAA revised the government estimate to 5,000 barrels a day.
Undermined by bureaucrats, made ill by eating rancid elephant meat and attacked by armies of ants, Shaffer declined O'Hanlon's invitation to accompany him on the journey's final leg.
