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How to use the word derailing in a Sentence?

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If the United States does not hit the brakes, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing, and there will surely be conflict and confrontation.

– Foreign Minister Qin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think that one is the one where we were most out on front, we were doing a really good job, but what happened with the Russia hoax, it destroyed us, this is not Trump's fault or Republicans' fault, it is the left's fault for derailing the whole country and taking our focus off of what we should have been focusing on, which is this China problem.

– Devin Nunes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is not Trump's fault or Republicans' fault, it is the left's fault for derailing the whole country and taking our focus off of what we should have been focusing on, which is this China problem.

– Devin Nunes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I would describe the experience as kind of extreme turbulence on an airplane but louder, and there was kind of a lot of smoke smell. The first thought I really had when I woke up was,' Oh my God we're derailing,' it was probably 10 or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise, and then we came to a stop. Really we didn't know what was going on for a couple of minutes.

– Passenger Megan Vandervest

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I would describe the experience as kind of extreme turbulence on an airplane but louder, and there was kind of a lot of smoke smell. The first thought I really had when I woke up was,' Oh my God we're derailing,' it was probably 10 or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise, and then we came to a stop. Really we didn't know what was going on for a couple minutes.

– Megan Vanderves

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You're going into an environment where there's a lot of good news already priced into the market, so if there's any derailing of any positive items, there's not a lot of give.

– Elliot Savage

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a provocative aggression aimed at derailing the peace process.

– Lam Paul Gabriel

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I’m so furious I can barely write this email. President Trump is inches away from firing Robert Mueller and derailing the entire Russia investigation.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We believe that a shift towards a neutral (let alone tightening bias) would be highly pre-mature and risks derailing the nascent economic recovery.

– Qu Hongbin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If I allow myself a treat, I'm way less likely to overindulge or binge, one glass of wine is perfect, but a whole bottle? Derailing.

– Annie Mulgrew

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But then when I asked him if that's what it shows on his birth certificate I did not hear back from him. No answer on that. this attack isn't about me so much, but is about derailing Black Lives Matter and the movement against police brutality.

– Shaun King

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This attack isn't about me so much, but is about derailing Black Lives Matter and the movement against police brutality.

– Shaun King

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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