Sentence examples for undermining much from inspiring English sources

Contractors often shot with little discrimination — and few if any consequences — at unarmed Iraqi civilians, Iraqi security forces, American troops and even other contractors, stirring public outrage and undermining much of what the coalition forces were sent to accomplish.

It would set women way back, undermining much of the progress that has been made.

However, in awarding the Prize to the president, the Committee has risked undermining much of the president's momentum on a number of fronts by focusing supporters and detractors alike not on what he has done, but on what he hasn't.

The bandwidth argument threatens to undermine much received political wisdom on poverty.

That undermined much of the case, leading prosecutors to make a series of last-minute plea offers.

Clusters of overseas servers can undermine much of the commercial basis for creative work around the world, offering users the speedy, secret transmission of stolen goods.

But the effects have been spotty at best, and a run-up in oil prices this year essentially undermined much of the economic effects.

The news surprised and confused US officials, who said it appeared to undermine much of the recent progress made in talks on introducing greater controls on nuclear materials.

Anything less will prove ineffective and the mineral trade will continue to undermine much of the UK's conflict-reduction work.

Doing so, they said in a statement, "will only serve to discourage green investments" and "undermine much needed market predictability as the E.U. economy strives to find a way out of the economic crisis".

Alex, Ryan, and Kathryn all told the Columbia team that they would have spoken to Rolling Stone if contacted; what they had to say would have undermined much of Jackie's story.