derail

Example Sentences

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“While the dust has yet to fully settle from last week, it has not derailed our structural bullish view on gold,” analysts at JPM said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite injuries threatening to derail some athletes' march towards the Olympics, such widespread success has continued into the current season.

From BBC

In the years after Mandela's release from prison in 1990, political violence between his supporters and those of a Zulu nationalist party nearly derailed the process that led to the end of white-minority rule.

From BBC

A senior Chinese government official said Panama’s court ruling complicates the deal but doesn’t derail it.

From The Wall Street Journal

This agreement followed months of stalled negotiations over a March 2025 integration deal, which both sides had accused each other of trying to derail.

From BBC