His professional career derailed as he was given a six-month suspension in August 2005 for testing positive for a recreational drug.

More than one political hopeful has found his career derailed somewhere in the middle of a "Tonight" show monologue.

Several players' careers have been impaired or derailed after being struck with a beanball.

Jean Dujardin won the same award in the musical or comedy category for "The Artist" as a silent film actor whose career derails with the arrival of sound.

She said that his political career, along with the couple's decision to have four children, derailed the possibility of her becoming a professional therapist.

He went to Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, where his career derailed.

The Yankees made Brien Taylor the No. 1 selection in 1991, only to see the high-priced left-hander's career badly derailed after he injured his shoulder in a fight.

Yet rather than having his career derailed, Mr. Zucker was promoted last year and now oversees two-thirds of NBC Universal's business.

His career derailed, Browning found himself unable to get his requested projects greenlighted.

In time, three ambitions were dashed and, it has become clear, three careers derailed.