Sentence examples for derailed a bit from inspiring English sources

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"His career has been derailed a bit with injuries," Ferguson said of Obertan last night.

She studied ballet and tap, entered Sunshine dance competitions and even when she "derailed a bit" during her teenage years never stopped attending her local dance school, where she and her fellow students "appeared in pantomimes and village fetes and went round old people's homes – all that kind of stuff".

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That offer derailed a rival proposal from Friends Provident.

"Having children derailed me a bit," she told People in February 2010 after she failed to lose the 61 pounds she gained while pregnant with her younger daughter, Luciana.

In recent weeks, Maher has contended with being insulted by guest Fareed Zakaria and with panelists whose unsolicited comments threatened to derail a comedic bit in the middle of the program.

A streetcar was derailed a block away.

His removal could have derailed a government austerity plan.

While this derailed Leslie for a bit, she ultimately stuck to her guns.

When a train is derailed, an LNG tender car might be derailed or damaged, causing a release and possible fire.

Although Lone Wolf means well, he eventually proves a bit of a blowhard, derailing a rally organized by Kali's politically minded neighbor, Shana Karen Malina Whitee).

"The divorce derailed me a little bit from doing a humor book," she said.

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