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'undermined the effort' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to express that someone or something has weakened, weakened, or damaged an effort. For example: "The lack of reliable data undermined the effort to develop an effective plan."
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Blackwater's undersupervised guards undermined the effort to win Iraqi support.
Most states immediately undermined the effort by employing weak tests and setting passing scores too low.
Misinformation, not least from the smugglers, has also undermined the effort to spread the word.
The Syrians have simultaneously demanded their immediate deployment and undermined the effort to negotiate terms, Security Council diplomats said.
That scenario, basically, was the one that a few years ago undermined the effort to have significant realignment.
Mr. Moussaoui's lawyers asserted that Mr. Maltbie had undermined the effort to obtain a search warrant by deleting some details from Mr. Samit's requests.
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This undermined the efforts by Madeleine Albright, America's secretary of state, to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
The continued interference of these powers has undermined the efforts of the United Nations to mediate a peaceful solution.
This approach has unquestionably worked for millions of addicts, but if the studies of perfectionists are any guide it has undermined the efforts of many others.
He said the actions of the Conservatives undermined the efforts of the coalition government to protect the environment.
This announcement undermined the efforts to build the Michigan Turnpike.
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