The phrase "a pattern of undermining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a consistent or recurring behavior that seeks to weaken or sabotage someone or something.
Example: "The manager's actions created a pattern of undermining the team's confidence, leading to decreased morale and productivity."
Alternatives: "a trend of subversion" or "a cycle of sabotage."
"It is imperative that the American people better understand the true scope and scale of Putin's pattern of undermining democracy in Russia and across Europe," Cardin said in a statement Wednesday.
"It's highly suspicious that the President has now fired at least three people who were investigating his administration, especially in light of his pattern of undermining the ongoing Congressional investigations," Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill).
(In more recent years American administrations fell into a pattern of promoting and then undermining Haitian constitutional democracy).
"People can absorb a lot more uncertainty than officials give them credit for being able to absorb," said Dr. Sheila Jasanoff, a professor of science and public policy at Harvard, and a pattern of false reassurances undermines public trust.
It creates a pattern of insecurity and undermines your ability to function in the labor market".
The report says the presumption of innocence has been undermined by "a pattern of public commentary on the presumed guilt of the people" in American custody in Guantánamo Bay.
The attack was part of a pattern of attacks against aid workers intended to undermine support for the government and cause instability, the head of the aid agency said.
His description of the motive aligned neatly with Mr. Putin's first public statements about the killing last year and with a pattern of government contentions that foreigners were trying to undermine Russia and the Kremlin, and to tarnish their reputations.
Not least, there is a pattern of ill-defined and ineffective peacekeeping missions that have undermined the U.N.'s credibility in the past, from Somalia and Rwanda to Bosnia.
We looked at the last 35 years of the FBI's 100-year history, and found a pattern of behavior by both Democrats and Republicans that has consistently undermined the ability of the FBI to protect American citizens under the law.
