sabotaged

past tense of sabotage

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Verb
  • Nicolas Pepe had a shot from roughly 10 yards out that was thwarted by Norway goalkeeper Orjan Haskjold Nyland with his leg.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • The development of lifesaving medications can be thwarted by too much caution in not tolerating some potential side effects.
    Dipesh Navsaria, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • These structures were regionally and culturally inspired, and largely destroyed during rapid and callous colonization.
    Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 4 July 2026
  • The Aspen Acres fire has likely destroyed more than 200 homes, but the fire conditions have stopped damage assessment teams from accessing some areas to get a clearer picture, Pueblo County officials said.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Comcast’s previous attempt to acquire Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox was foiled by Disney’s own master dealmaker, Bob Iger, who paid a handsome $71 billion in 2018.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • McTominay’s next bid was foiled when his shot deflected off a closing Chadi Riad and into the side netting.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Croatia still furious Despite the correct decision being made, Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić was far from happy, saying VAR had ruined the spirit of the game.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Bovary is in some sense a morality tale, but what lifts it above didacticism, along with its bone-deep interiority, is that its romantic plotlines are as addictive as the genre works that have ruined poor Emma Bovary.
    Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Some women are frustrated, worried they are being left behind.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Yet from No Child Left Behind through the push for the Common Core into today’s zeal for science of reading, policy leaders are frustrated that the version of policy that occurs in the classroom does not match their vision.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • In the history of mankind, socialist success stories are as rare as triple plays in baseball, but plenty of countries have been wrecked by it — Venezuela and Cuba, to name just two.
    Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • My polishing pads are always getting wrecked, used, or stolen by my dog (or all of those things).
    Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • His mother, Ahmani Hicks, describes him as a kid who loved sports, and she's baffled as to why her son was targeted.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Known as the Galactic Center Excess, a spherical gamma-ray glow extending out for thousands of light-years from the core of our galaxy, this high-energy light has baffled researchers for over a decade.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Joshua Serad, of Maple Shade, stole and damaged Pride flags Monday in the business district of Haddonfield on Kings Highway, according to police.
    Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2026
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“Sabotaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sabotaged. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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