failure
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How to navigate what R360 calls “big shadow syndrome,” where your parents or grandparents created significant wealth and, with it, an overwhelming fear of failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Ecuador has gradually imposed tariffs on imports from Colombia since January, citing what it described as Bogotá's failure to secure their shared border.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
His mother, he says, deals with self-esteem issues because her identity has for so long been reduced to being a caretaker for elderly relatives, who, inevitably, pass away — leaving her feeling like a failure.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
But these projects depend on the New Glenn rocket, and with its explosion coming shortly after a malfunction causing a satellite mission failure last month, the anomalies could disrupt NASA's tight mission schedule.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
To me, finishing eighth grade with the second-highest GPA felt like a failure, even though lots of people told me it shouldn’t.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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