debacle
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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
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
In contrast, Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern was immortalized on the big screen in 2011 by way of a laughable debacle that’s considered one of the worst career decisions Ryan Reynolds ever made.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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
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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
It is with this in mind, that the chancellor will promise the government has learnt the lessons of capital spending debacles, such as HS2.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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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