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Example sentences for: derail

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Duberstein's wife gives him a pep talk in bed when he worries that Anita Hill might derail the nomination.
He was studiously neutral, utterly unflappable and unfailingly optimistic as bombs, killings and expulsions threatened to derail the peace process.
To enhance Algeria's chances of peace, Pakistan's Dawn said in an editorial that the recent upsurge of political violence--at least 130 people have been killed by armed extremists in recent weeks--must "not be allowed to weaken or derail" the peace efforts.
It was Republicans, more than Democrats, who tried unsuccessfully to derail the CDA in Congress.
Israel and Syria called the impasse a "crisis" that threatened to derail the entire peace process.