derail
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Analysts don’t expect the push for more responsible AI development to derail data-center spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But conservation groups have criticised the move, saying it could derail long-term efforts to recover the endangered wolf populations.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
That could derail retirement plans, especially for those who have used their full estimated benefits to determine how much money they can rely on every month in retirement alongside any withdrawals from their retirement savings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The disaster could also derail Shah's ambitious reform agenda.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Even if it may derail everything he and Mother have worked toward for so long.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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A striking photo of homes ablaze under the headline "Houses burn and train derails on hottest day" dominates the front of the Times.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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
If the ongoing scientific debate "derails that effort to try and understand if they're bad for us, that's not helpful", he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
My sudden shaking derails my mom’s questioning and sends her into doctor mode.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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Billy Bush, the veteran on-air host whose career was derailed by a crude off-camera conversation he had with President Trump in 2005, has signed on as a contributor to Fox News.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
At least 44 people have been injured, including one seriously, after a passenger train derailed in northern France, local officials have said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the nearby data center completely derailed her plans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Only the schedule is constantly shifting, derailed by our lack of a stamp from an official or delayed when Effie breaks one of her high heels.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Pezeshkian also warned Tuesday that a return by the United States to "a policy of pressure and threats" risked derailing diplomatic efforts to end the war.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“True financial independence means you reasonably control what allows you to live the life you want without external things derailing you,” Welborn said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
At one point early on, high levels of soil contaminants become a concern at fields across the region, almost derailing the whole season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
But the war is derailing his chances at a major career moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 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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