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derailed

  • past participle
    of derail.
    derail
    verb (used with object)
    to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
  • past tense form
    of derail.
    derail
    verb (used with object)
    to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.

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Investors showed they are alive to one of the big risks in AI, that hopes for trillions of dollars of capital spending might be derailed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

England boycotted their fixture against Zimbabwe in Harare at the 2003 World Cup - a decision which ultimately derailed their campaign.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Billy Bush, the veteran on-air host whose career was derailed by a crude off-camera conversation he had with President Trump in 2005, has signed on as a contributor to Fox News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

These stories spread the false claim that Slave Power agents had derailed the President’s train and killed his son, Bennie.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock