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Heavy precipitation can also derail the soil compaction process, where crews lay down the soil in layers and go over each with a construction vehicle known as a roller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The risk for Hyundai is that the needs of the moneymaking end of the business derail dreams of tomorrow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"You don't want to mess up," Sending says, adding that the wrong gift could potentially derail any larger objectives.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But one rate hike has rarely been enough to derail a bull market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

I wasn’t sure if it was a trick question, and seeing how I didn’t want to derail our rock-a-thon of love with a wrong answer, I kind of hedged, although what I said was true.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

When Evans derails the conversation again, a new question pops up — an occurrence in this film as natural and frequent as breathing.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 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

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

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow laments not having an opportunity to play in the postseason after another elbow injury derails his season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024

I need to get her out of here before my family derails my life just as it’s getting started.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The Drumcree parade dispute began in the mid-1990s and almost derailed the peace process at the time.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Shares of Oracle declined 3.5% after Bloomberg reported the company is attempting to put off payments if a New Mexico data-center project gets derailed or fails to come online in 2028 as planned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

Coach never asked me to keep his secret—how anger derailed his career.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“It sucks,” he said of the injury derailing him down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, warned on Tuesday that violations of the ceasefire framework risked derailing broader diplomatic progress.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

This was the only way to keep Cynthia from disrupting and derailing the entire lesson.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds