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debacle

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


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What was supposed to be Ohtani’s first full season of two-way duties since joining the Dodgers turned into a second-half injury-management debacle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

All this, however, has been overshadowed by a transfer deadline day that ended as nothing short of a debacle.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the rollout of “Bilt 2.0,” as the company called it, was a debacle.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 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

Many were the very same characters who had created the late 1990s debacle.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

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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