debacle

The debacle was a driving force in the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which tightened regulations over governance, accounting and related-party transactions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

As Saturday afternoon turned into Saturday night, I felt like I was detoxing from the Friday night debacle back in D.C. — the rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

To their credit, after the debacle, members of the U.S. team didn’t complain about anything being rigged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

But while England will be confident of securing a morale-boosting win after their Ashes debacle in Australia over the winter, a number of former players have criticised the surface at the home of cricket.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

After all, who in town could possibly forget the debacle of the 1986 season, Gaines’s first, when the team had gone only seven and two and didn’t even make the playoffs?

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

So many things have happened to them, so many debacles and monsters and horrors have swept them off their feet … and always they have kept on—persisting through floods, volcanic eruptions, plagues and wars.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben