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Sports consultancy Twenty First Group says coaches often succeed or fail according to the environment they inherit as much as their own abilities.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Many schools fail to instill a questioning mindset.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Paramount has pushed back saying the plaintiff states have defined markets that fail to factor in the rise of technology companies, including Netflix, Google’s YouTube and Amazon Studios, which also attract significant swaths of viewership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A candidate could win comfortably in a local constituency and still fail to enter parliament if their party had already filled its quota with stronger performances elsewhere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
The big fear of the 1980s mortgage bond investor was that he would be repaid too quickly, not that he would fail to be repaid at all.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The robust reading of the ISM poll, however, fails to tell the whole story.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
"If Bangladesh fails to strike free-trade agreements after the end of the preferential trade regime, the country may risk losing competitiveness," said Dhaka University professor Selim Raihan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
In such cases, the photon is scattered, and fails to arrive at its Ithaca.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
However, Bill fails to quantify what he expects the team to achieve?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Now, I should have thought the natural successor to the job, once Draco fails, is yourself?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
The company notably failed to protect the patent for semaglutide in Canada, where generic versions of the drug became available this spring.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It has had two successful launches into space so far this year, even if it failed to recover and reuse the boosters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In 1997, Tony Blair issued a landmark statement, acknowledging that the British government failed the Irish people during this time.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The companies backed by the owner of the Dodgers may have failed to disclose loans properly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
One way or another, Sandy June’s never failed.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Jane Doe’s original suit accuses the publisher of negligence for failing to fact-check and verify the statements in Griffin’s memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Suraci stressed that large carnivores, like any species, have inherent value beyond the services they provide to human beings -- but said that failing to make the economic case would be a disservice to them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Among the allegations, the district accused Carvalho of repeatedly failing to list gifts and outside income on required disclosure forms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He was among 1,451 people across England and Wales to be convicted last week of failing to insure their vehicles.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I think of the parks and the restaurants, of the pleasantries I'll never use on the friends I am failing to make.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
