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debacle

[day-, -bak-uhl, duh-, dee-bah-kuhl] / deɪ-, -ˈbæk əl, də-, diˈbɑ kəl /


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Afterward both coach and quarterback chivalrously protected each other by taking responsibility for the debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

This debacle is a first-world embarrassment of riches.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kicker Harrison Mevis replaced Joshua Karty several games after the debacle against the Eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In the wake of the Carruthers debacle, substantial questions were raised about Fowler’s ethics and competence, but they did not deter Tennessee from calling on him again.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

When the survivors of the McKinley debacle showed up on the south side of Everest in 1996, Makalu Gau was again their leader.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Perhaps the biggest humiliation — at least until the recent twin debacles of the Freedom 250 implosion and the Kennedy Center ruling — was the Super Bowl halftime show.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

As the many debacles over inheritances show, it can often get worse as we get older.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

Spy agencies saw profound implications in the recent debacles, far beyond public humiliation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

The debacles “may have repercussions on the financial system more broadly,” warns junk bond guru Marty Fridson, chief executive officer of FridsonVision High Yield Strategy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

He hung with unqualified joy on the imagined ruins of imaginary disaster, and took equal pleasure in the actual debacles of life as it was lived about him.

From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield


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