derail
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And for the Eagles, their inability to close out the game underscored persistent issues on offense that threaten to derail their season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
The disaster could also derail Shah's ambitious reform agenda.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
She was a determined woman who didn't let the shooting derail her from her goals.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
“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
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 intentional burning of vinyl chloride in derailed tanker cars sent a cloud over the town of 4,500 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
But the nearby data center completely derailed her plans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The first step was to figure out what about this event could be easily derailed.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“It sucks,” he said of the injury derailing him down the stretch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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
But the war is derailing his chances at a major career moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Midway through this season, though, it looked like things were derailing for Palace.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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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