Anthropologists, Mr. Geertz writes, are "merchants of astonishment," who constantly undermine any generalizations.
See, van Agtmael's photographs, whether captured during the death-ridden throes of war or the more quotidian moments that accompany it, constantly undermine surreality.
Answer: they are everything that goes on in our minds--all the doubts, insecurities, fears, anger, negative thoughts that constantly undermine our balance and positivity.
It must be really rough busting your ass making millions of dollars as a rock star, only to have your minions constantly undermine and stab you in the back talking to tabloids about your various "alleged" addictions and affairs.
Thousands of cables – informal communications between various US officials and their foreign counterparts – uncover US diplomacy as an exercise in bullying, striving to constantly undermine and manipulate any state that it wishes to in order to achieve its own ends.
Cellular and environmental agents that interact with and modify the chemical structure of DNA constantly undermine the integrity of the human genome.
