Sentence examples for delay or derail from inspiring English sources

To do so, he warned, "would delay or derail it, and neither option is acceptable".

I strongly believe it would be a mistake to delay or derail this bill".

The White House fears such a process would delay or derail the goal of ousting the Iraqi leader.

But members of Congress are just now turning to the most explosive issues, which could delay or derail the process.

But he warned that continuing fights over taxes and spending threaten to delay or derail that improvement.

Unfortunately, in today's political environment, even absurd arguments have the power to delay or derail vital reforms.

Germany wants to "make it waterproof but not to delay it or derail it," he said.

"That would delay it or derail it, and neither option is acceptable.

In addition, Democrats who have backed the Shays-Meehan measure in the past are sure to come under renewed pressure from party fund-raisers like Representative Martin Frost of Texas, as well as organized labor, to delay it or derail it with killer amendments.

Even if state officials can scrape together the billions of dollars needed to fund California's ambitious high-speed rail plans, lawsuits from local cities and opposition groups still could delay, divert or derail the project altogether.

Some ambitious projects, like one to spur development in Mexico's rural south, could be delayed or derailed.