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If you did, the current market would likely fail, and prices would be much lower.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In the 2024 special “The End of Obesity,” a doctor recommends semaglutide for Cartman after diet and exercise fail to meaningfully improve his health.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
For example, AI speech recognition tools fail less than 6% of the time in English, but more than ten times as often in Yoruba, one of the most widely spoken languages in West Africa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Shizuoka authorities say they will impose penalties on people who fail to register their off-season climbing attempts and strengthen efforts to keep climbers out of restricted areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I fail to see what is so marvelous, Miss Lumley,” she snapped.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The big risk for investors in autocallables, though, is a major drawdown in the reference assets that fails to recover back above the maturity barrier in a severe and prolonged bear market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails to properly implant in the uterus and begins to develop elsewhere, most commonly inside a fallopian tube.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Taiwan Semi posts record August revenue, but that fails to spark a rally in AI stocks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“When a company intentionally chooses to deepen operational dependencies on strategic competitors, it fails to act as the reliable partner the American public and this DOT require,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The rock-passing accompaniment reflects the idea of a tight-knit community and cooperation, for if even one child fails to pass their rock on the beat to the next child, the entire song cannot continue.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
The newly unveiled Mike McDaniel offense failed to get any real traction, and Justin Herbert was sacked three times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
They have failed to score in four successive Premier League matches - the first time that has happened since September 2006.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
One reason the shares of so-called smid-cap energy stocks that insiders are buying look cheap is that they have failed to keep up with oil prices, Messier told me in a recent interview.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
A separate group of lawsuits filed in federal district court in Philadelphia around the same time also allege that Novo and Lilly’s GLP-1 drugs caused NAION, and that the companies failed to adequately warn patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
You could see them all the time up here in Churchill, but Owen never failed to be mesmerized by them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Dodgers owner Mark Walter and multiple insurance companies he owns are being sued for allegedly failing to disclose an ongoing federal probe to customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Doctors and charities who support the proposals say they would save lives – but have accused ministers of failing to ensure there are enough cots or staff to safely implement the move.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“They’re just dropping it in, and they’re trying, and they’re failing fast,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
They denounced "the state failing to regulate prices", which "allows an integrated group that benefits from considerable upstream margins to dictate, to blackmail, leading to this distortion of competition."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
And now I’m sitting on the other side of the world, failing him as I eat food that comes from the country I’m suddenly confused about.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
