derail
Example Sentences
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A senior Chinese government official said Panama’s court ruling complicates the deal but doesn’t derail it.
This agreement followed months of stalled negotiations over a March 2025 integration deal, which both sides had accused each other of trying to derail.
From BBC
It has been an issue which has, at times, derailed her pursuit of the sport's biggest prizes and she has worked with a psychologist to improve that aspect of her game.
From BBC
The only thing even more surprising is the status of Jayson Tatum, the superstar making $54 million this year whose gruesome injury was supposed to derail the season before it started.
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
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