failure
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The drug also lowered the risk of hospitalization for heart failure or cardiovascular death by 20% and reduced the risk of death from any cause by 12%.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Haney also says that Rinderknecht is being tried to paper over the failure of firefighters to extinguish the initial blaze, saying they bear significant responsibility for the ensuing tragedy.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Police bosses admitted not arresting Calocane had been a "serious and systemic and operational failure".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
This failure will haunt Washington for decades, but the most immediate effects are felt among the Gulf Arabs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
She considered herself a failure for not having stopped the wind bomb from exploding; but the truth was, she’d saved the entire crew from becoming ice sculptures in Quebec.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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