Derail in a sentence

The report says the safety device that was intended to derail free-rolling cars was affixed on decaying ties and when the runaway cars passed by, the “derail” device was easily dislodged.

A major star dropping out, especially when signed on as producer and director, has been known to derail a film entirely and ruin its prospects of ever being made.

And with hard-right lawmakers empowered to derail spending bills or call for the speaker’s removal at any moment, some worried the chamber would be dysfunctional and paralyzed from the start.

An escalating immigration disaster is threatening to derail President Biden’s re-election bid and hand the White House back to Donald Trump next year.

A player shortage is threatening to derail Narrabri Elevens FC’s hopes of fielding one team, let alone two, in the 2023 Namoi Soccer League campaign as the season quickly approaches.

A proposal of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has online sellers up in arms nowadays as it might derail the development of the e-commerce sector.

As the Israeli government fast-tracks its judicial overhaul plans, former IDF officers are hoping that pressure by the Biden administration could derail them before it's too late.

A troublesome hamstring injury threatened to derail his title hopes, but he appeared to recover in the second week of the tournament, not dropping a single set against Alex de Minaur, Andrey Rublev, Tommy Paul or even Tsitsipas in the final.

But he said it “won’t derail us” and “the show goes on”.

But he’s too good a writer and too honest a scholar to let it derail him.

Caleb Williams passed for 312 yards and three touchdowns for the Trojans (7-3, 5-2), who have lost three of four to derail their championship hopes.

Can anyone derail Lamar Jackson and the white-hot Baltimore Ravens?

Congress was thrown into disarray on Tuesday by the rebels’ move to derail McCarthy’s candidacy, with the House of Representatives failing to elect a speaker for the first time in a century.

Delay in ensuring justice to the wrestling champions could derail women empowerment in India, former Lok Sabha MP Pandit Ramkishan said in Bharatpur.

Delay in justice to these champions may derail women empowerment in India.

EU ombudsman says political pushback against proposed changes must not be allowed to derail them.

Gen. Kyanda remarked that unity is the foundation of any military and called for a campaign against sectarian tendencies, mentioning that these derail development.

Hamas—no doubt acting with the knowledge and support of Iran—seeks to derail the widening circle of peace in which Arab states have embraced normalized relations with Israel.

He and his supporters maintain his legal troubles are part of an effort by President Macky Sall’s government to derail his candidacy in the 2024 elections.

However, the former celebrity real estate tycoon is facing ever-greater legal problems and is the subject of a number of criminal and civil investigations, any one of which has the potential to derail his own bid for a belated second term.