failed

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Failed breakdowns can be powerful fuel for upside moves, particularly when they occur after extended declines.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The name is an acronym, explained on the opening page: Failed In London Try Hong Kong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

"Failed restructuring plans and broken promises from the company have become a familiar, demoralising pattern, and things simply can't go on as they are," he added.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

He is the author of, most recently, How Antitrust Failed Workers, published by Oxford University Press.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2023

Failed after three months, as mine had done.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier