fail-safe
Example Sentences
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He said the boats went “dead in the water” as an automatic fail-safe, which prevented them from causing damage or injury.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Congress created the Insurrection Act as a fail-safe in response to armed mobs attacking their neighbors and organized militias seeking to overthrow elected officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Level 4 automated vehicles, which this research was based on, are capable of automatically starting fail-safe and fail-operational protocols.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
She followed my recommendation to take the DMV’s fail-safe eLearning course on her home computer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Upon arrival in the town or reservation, Irwin would trot the horses off the railcars and straight to the nearest back road or bullring, where he would implement a nearly fail-safe betting system.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
