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debacle

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


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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

Sheeran went on without opening acts, causing the show's start time to be pushed back, after several musicians dropped out over the debacle.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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

When Elise finally arrived in Ibiza later that night, the women gathered around the dining room table to hash out what happened in the voice-to-text debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Of course there was the cellar debacle, but Grandma Star also sends her books about Native history and culture and let slip that Mom used a tribal scholarship for grad school.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Similar recent debacles might offer a clue as to how things will pan out.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

Undoubtedly it will finally be repressed, but the danger of fresh debacles is weighing constantly on the country.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March




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