failure

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In late May, Cody’s daughter Hannah Davis shared that the radio host had been admitted to the intensive care unit with heart and kidney failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

An inquest looking into how he died found that a failure to spot the signs of a cardiac arrest contributed to his death, as nobody attempted to perform CPR or use a defibrillator on him.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The failure the pope describes consists in an institution’s confidently drawing the boundaries of moral concern with its most authoritative tools, holding that line for centuries, and turning out to be catastrophically wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Pro-business Paz took office in November promising to resolve the country's worst economic crisis in decades, but his unpopular economic reforms and failure to respond to social demands have roused public ire.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Unfortunately, my plan to win it using as few tickets as possible was a miserable failure, but he did it, and that’s what counts, because that’s where I think he’s right and Mom’s wrong.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam