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Example sentences for: derail

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Even his latest act of spite, the attempt to derail William Weld's nomination as ambassador to Mexico, is being interpreted charitably by conservative pundits as a sign of Helms' commitment to a tough anti-drug policy.
USA Today leads with concerns that Protestant and Catholic extremists could derail last Friday's historic peace deal.
Duberstein's wife gives him a pep talk in bed when he worries that Anita Hill might derail the nomination.
But if government can't reroute the freight train in a better direction, it's hard to see how it can derail it.
Not, however, before Johnson's reckless attempt to derail him by reminding delegates of rumors that Joseph Kennedy Sr., while he was ambassador to England, had appeased Hitler.