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The story dominated headlines and threatened to derail the team, who were aiming to win their fourth drivers' championship in a row.

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Sir Keir Starmer will not be "derailed" in working to end the war in Ukraine after the US suspended military aid to the country, the deputy prime minister has said.

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Others are civilians who want to move there for work or marriage, but have no interest in military service, which pays as little as $447 a month and can derail families and careers.

Mexico had apparently agreed to it, but the deal was derailed by the Mexican-American War, and California lickety-split became a part of the United States.

A freight train carrying the highly toxic chemical benzene has derailed in the Czech Republic, sparking a huge fire.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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