be a fiasco

Example Sentences

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A lockout delaying the 2027 season isn’t out of the question, which would be a fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In particular, the 787’s outsourcing strategy turned out to be a fiasco, which even then-Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh was forced to concede in a Seattle Times report.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2019

When the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, February 24th, it will almost surely be a fiasco of historic proportions.

From The Verge • Feb. 20, 2019

Many observers even thought the Blue Jackets’ second season under Coach John Tortorella would be a fiasco.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2016

The wedding must not be a fiasco, it must not.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)