- present participle of fail.
failing
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Americans forgo untold sums of money every year on what some might call a laziness tax, for oversights like failing to refinance their mortgage or incurring a late fee after forgetting to pay a bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A financial crisis in Europe led investors to dump American railway bonds, and Jay Cooke and Co. went bankrupt, a shock to Wall Street on the scale of JPMorgan failing today.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Many experts believe this system is failing to keep up with tactics used by some drivers determined to avoid recognition.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
After failing to score on their first three possessions that included their first lost fumble of the season, the Bruins’ offense reeled off touchdowns on their next three possessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Could a governess be fired for failing to report such a ruse?
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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The issue was revived in August when the High Court quashed the commission's latest restriction because of procedural failings, without ruling that the Order had a right to march along Garvaghy Road.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
But for Rombach, the biggest danger rests in potential human failings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The move was recommended in 2003 by the inquiry into the Harold Shipman murders and called for again a decade later as part of the inquiry into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Health Minister Robbie Butler has apologised for failings in the care of patients of former Belfast neurologist Michael Watt.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortals, but your weaknesses, your failings will increase as well.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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