derail
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Ultimately, he believes there's little chance the leaks will "derail the potential success of the game".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK which is in favour of a change in the law, said he hopes MPs will "look past renewed attempts to derail this long-overdue change".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“For seniors who require ongoing care, exceeding asset or income limits can delay coverage, force private pay, or derail carefully laid plans.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Company leadership, however, refused to derail certain business operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A universe where he does derail it and she is not able to fix it.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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
“I don’t see anything that derails economic or earnings growth,” said Amanda Agati, chief investment officer at PNC’s asset management group.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 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
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 14:24 service from London Victoria to Eastbourne derailed in the Landport area of Lewes at about 15:54 BST.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
When I wrote last year about this group of longtime friends whose reunion got derailed by indecision, text-chain confusion and hurt feelings, it struck a chord with readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Rail services on a busy line in the South East are being cancelled this weekend after a train carrying 150 people derailed in East Sussex.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
They were strong confident guys who were too cool and funny to be derailed by a cruel comment or a size-related mishap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sucking in wind and making a sound like a train getting derailed, his eyes positively apoplectic, his chest rioting with pain, Bud Gleason crashed out another mucus-splattering sneeze.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
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
Most geopolitical strategists don’t see the war derailing U.S.-China relations even though China has been the primary buyer of Iran’s oil and a major financial lifeline.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
For now, he is focused on derailing the Nexstar-Tegna deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 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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