derail

Example Sentences

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Passengers have been treated for minor injuries after a tram was derailed in a bus crash.

From BBC

For now, the White House is giving priority to stability, moving to sideline policy decisions that could incite retaliation from China or derail the summit.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Any signs of rebounding inflation could be enough to derail those additional rate cuts.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Five people have been injured after a train derailed in southern Switzerland, in an incident that could have been caused by an avalanche, police say.

From BBC

A regional train derailed early on Monday in southern Switzerland, police said, injuring five people with more than two dozen evacuated.

From Barron's