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debacle

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


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Still, there is the unfinished business of getting over the Darién debacle and regaining Scotland’s financial pride.

From The Wall Street Journal

Exactly a week after the debacle, the acting head of the agency was forced to apologise.

From BBC

Reeves has probably saved her job for now—but the same may not be true for whoever at the OBR was responsible for Wednesday’s debacle.

From Barron's

Live Nation is currently facing a sweeping federal antitrust lawsuit in the U.S., alleging monopolistic practices, following heated Senate hearings the wake of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour on-sale debacle.

From Los Angeles Times

The hedge fund investor at the heart of a scandal that damaged B. Riley Financial has been charged with criminal fraud as the West L.A. company continues efforts to dig out from under the debacle.

From Los Angeles Times