debacle
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That would be a mess, and probably not a foreign debacle we only read about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The 74-year-old's remit last term was to end a chaotic, rollercoaster campaign on a high after the Wilfried Nancy debacle.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
But the rollout of “Bilt 2.0,” as the company called it, was a debacle.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I was figuring it out in real time,” she told People of the naming debacle in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Shin and I met for the first time on the day after that balloon debacle.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
As the many debacles over inheritances show, it can often get worse as we get older.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Calling such presidential debacles someone’s “Katrina” has been overdone.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 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
I could not stomach debacles or lacustrine beds.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
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