tragic flaw
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It was the same tragic flaw that also took down Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024
History reflects humankind’s most tragic flaw: Humans are incapable of protecting themselves from themselves.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
Its hero refuses to confront its tragic flaw, which will be its downfall.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2020
It might have been Tressel’s tragic flaw to love not wisely but too well, seeing his players as his children and himself as the person best positioned to discipline them.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2016
He couldn’t easily promulgate it, though, because he had a tragic flaw: a severe speech impediment, perhaps a stutter.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
