failure
Example Sentences
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There is a possible motive for the police to try to frame Benguit - their failure to stop a suspected murderer from killing again.
From BBC
He mentioned the United Nations in particular for its failure to stop any recent conflict of note.
Third, we must accelerate plutonium pit production and eliminate single points of failure in the National Nuclear Security Administration complex.
However, this did not translate into higher rates of serious liver conditions such as hepatitis or liver failure.
From Science Daily
Officials said the symptoms he reportedly experienced—paralysis, acute pain and respiratory failure—are consistent with epibatidine poisoning.
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