failure

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Black said his faith helps him make sense of the violence he witnessed and endured — not simply as the product of individual malice, but as something sustained by collective moral failure.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Families have long been frustrated by the failure of Mexican authorities to find vanished loved ones and the criminals who took them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Gold’s failure as a haven may also have, in part, reflected selling by central banks to raise cash.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Her response to questions about the DOJ’s failure to prosecute Epstein’s accomplices with the statement “the Dow is over $50,000 right now” became an immediate punch line.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

The ground for his refusal was a failure on my part, one Saturday night, to pay him for my week’s time.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass