derail
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Ultimately, he believes there's little chance the leaks will "derail the potential success of the game".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK which is in favour of a change in the law, said he hopes MPs will "look past renewed attempts to derail this long-overdue change".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The states are teaming up to try to derail Paramount’s merger, and have snared preliminary victories — prompting a concession from Paramount to put the merger on hold until after the trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
And if anything would derail his debt-free aspirations, then Erle wouldn’t take the opportunity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
A universe where he does derail it but Natasha is able to fix it.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
“I don’t see anything that derails economic or earnings growth,” said Amanda Agati, chief investment officer at PNC’s asset management group.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Most people think of retirement risk in terms of market crashes,” said Jeff Judge, a certified financial planner in Forest Hill, Md. “Healthcare is the one that actually derails the most plans I’ve seen.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Their closeness derails Rausch’s “three steps ahead” scheming.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
Unfortunately, the sudden resurrection of the town’s recently deceased derails Dana’s plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
My sudden shaking derails my mom’s questioning and sends her into doctor mode.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Work has begun on removing the carriages of the train that derailed near Lewes with 150 people on board.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
When I wrote last year about this group of longtime friends whose reunion got derailed by indecision, text-chain confusion and hurt feelings, it struck a chord with readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Preparations were being made on Friday for the use of a crane to remove the derailed carriages.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
They were strong confident guys who were too cool and funny to be derailed by a cruel comment or a size-related mishap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mom was on track to be the next Venus or Billie Jean or Steffi, except something derailed her career for good: She got pregnant with yours truly.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Midway through this season, though, it looked like things were derailing for Palace.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
According to a Bloomberg report, Iran is mulling pausing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to prevent derailing future negotiations with the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Asian equities rose and oil prices were relatively stable early Friday, as the U.S. raced to keep Israel’s war in Lebanon from jeopardizing the fragile cease-fire and derailing talks with Iran this weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
For now, he is focused on derailing the Nexstar-Tegna deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
This was the only way to keep Cynthia from disrupting and derailing the entire lesson.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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