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
He also warned that a return by the United States to "a policy of pressure and threats could derail the path of diplomacy".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
But she also encounters pitfalls that threaten to derail her ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
They worried that something would derail him, crash his fast-moving train.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“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
In the new book, Roy Grace travels from East Sussex to London in the royal train, which derails, and Camilla helps passengers onboard.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
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
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
But the nearby data center completely derailed her plans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
New claims are emerging about the risks residents faced after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed near East Palestine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Their reunion on the field was brief — the Dodgers re-signed Heyward for the 2024 season and then, his first half derailed by injuries, released him in August — but it was still sweet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
And the agent could not stand to have something he was doing get derailed by someone with whom he’d been forced to work.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
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
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
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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