flunk
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The difference between dropping the SAT and dropping the civil service examination is that incompetent students flunk out in a year or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
This other teacher is going to flunk me.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2022
At MIT, meteorology majors who flunk Forecasting 101 are encouraged to switch to economics.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
“Did he really flunk out?” my father asked.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
She hands María a notebook, which the girl spends so much time writing in that she flunks second grade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
She utilises Hassett on the right flank and something is building, but Bowen flunks an errant pass and it’s all over.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2021
As a policy argument, Friedman’s thesis flunks key empirical tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2016
If your car flunks, you can’t register it.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2015
“Well,” I said, “that’s only until he flunks out of community college and comes right back!”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Masse’s professors would have flunked him if he used artificial intelligence for designs and images, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
The defending champion flunked her first run, scoring just 30.00, as world champion Atkin set the pace with 90.50.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
In the years following graduation, Jenner and Pratt would team up to produce “The Princes Of Malibu,” but only after Pratt, who was attending USC, almost flunked a course in business trigonometry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Needing to pass a qualifying exam, he flunked the test and missed his chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
“Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The freshman and sophomore years were tough, with some core courses flunking or dropping almost half the students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
On each corner of 23rd Avenue and Jefferson Street, including by the Ezell’s Famous Chicken, protesters carried signs reading “Shots Fired, We’re Tired,” or “report cards” grading Seattle Public Schools as flunking on safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Riley is also flunking an offense where defending Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Caleb Williams seems disconnected and the playcalling seems just plain weird.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
He also described flunking his first chemistry exam as a first-year undergraduate student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2023
It is all right with me if you flunk me though as I am flunking everything else except English anyway.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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