Sentence examples for try and derail from inspiring English sources

"I just think it's disappointing that we might see marriage equality used as a tactic to try and derail what is an important democratic reform," he told ABC Radio.

This is precisely why the Wright hit is even more important in the plotting of some GOP operatives to try and derail Obama's reelection bid.

This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives.

But when Jimmy's girlfriend ditches him for Eddie, and Herron and Peavy try to derail the book project, Jimmy's research begins to take an unauthorized turn.

While Mr. Zarif is widely believed to have the backing of the country's supreme leader to at least give negotiations a try, hard-liners among the Iranian leadership are watching warily and could try to derail an agreement.

I was standing next to a lobbyist for the energy industry, who had spent much of the week trying to water down and derail the agreement.

A state assemblywoman blocked state aid to try to derail the increase, and community groups filed a civil rights lawsuit that eventually delayed it.

If the Senate approves the bill as expected, it would then go to the House, where even slight differences between the Senate and House versions would probably force creation of a conference committee and Republicans could try to derail or eviscerate campaign finance legislation by appointing the bill's fiercest opponents to the committee.

And why wouldn't they try to derail messages such as Fuck tha Police, Fight the Power and Fuck a War?

The Real I.R.A. has used bombings and other attacks to try to derail the 1998 peace accord that paved the way for a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.

The coal and power industries, and the climate-change deniers, will try to derail it, in Congress or the courts.