Derailing in a sentence

Burhan and Dagalo jointly orchestrated an October 2021 coup, derailing efforts to enshrine a civilian government.

He said the intervention of the Supreme Court was timely because some elements were bent on derailing the democratic process.

Investigators said a signaling failure might have been the cause of the disaster, in which a passenger train hit a freight train, derailing on the tracks before being hit by another passenger train coming in the opposite direction on a parallel track.

It probably has to do with the pandemic derailing big movies and making space for off-kilter projects that were ready to go.

It was as if I could see the possibility of failure as a switch in a rail yard that introduces you to a whole new set of tracks without derailing.

Still, many say the gruesome Hamas rampage fits the Iranian goal of derailing Israel’s normalization with the Arab world.

The stickiness of inflation could endanger the possibility that the Fed will achieve a rare “soft landing”—a scenario in which it manages to slow inflation to its target level through higher interest rates without derailing the economy.

Unfortunately, the ongoing shakeups to HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery might be derailing their progress, according to Martin (via ).

A bump in the road, if you will, rather than derailing progress.

Arguments can spiral out of control when past grievances or unrelated issues are dragged in, derailing the conversation, escalating the conflict and eventually making resolution harder.

Because of that, Meralco lost the handle of a commanding 3-0 lead, derailing what would have been an aim by the Bolts to nail tonight their first title since they joined the league in 2010.

Consultants from across the political spectrum agree on one thing: An acquittal would be a huge victory for Trump, especially because he has claimed the trial is a sham political persecution aimed at derailing his presidential bid.

Cummings summarized that while the tools necessary to fight terrorists and kidnappers were in sore demand across the region, corruption within the security services was also contributing to the derailing of efforts to end the crisis.

He duly arrived in South Africa and, while travelling in a British armoured train, was taken prisoner by a posse of Boer fighters who had succeeded in derailing the locomotive carrying him to a new war front.

However, for a nation that is 85 per cent dependent on imports, the spike meant adding to already elevated levels of and derailing the economic recovery from the pandemic.

On Oct. 21, Italy’s far-right government approved a new decree aimed at overcoming those judicial hurdles that risked derailing a controversial five-year migration deal with Albania, signed in 2023 by Meloni and her Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama.

She started answering the question by giving her usual response on immigration, knocking former President Donald Trump for derailing that bipartisan bill that would have provided, in her words, a 'long-term' immigration fix.

These “dividend traps” often cannot sustain payouts, leading to unexpected cuts and derailing your investing plans.

Without any fouls derailing him, Clingan could apply his aggressiveness evenly at both ends of the floor.

Among the accusers planning to attend the trial is actress Rosanna Arquette, who has accused Weinstein of derailing her career after she resisted his advances, which he denies.