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failure

[fayl-yer] / ˈfeɪl jər /




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But I have a family history of both dementia and heart failure, and have seen firsthand how painful shingles can be.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Instead of treating her divorce as a failure, she gathered her close friends to mark the end of her former life and the beginning of her next chapter.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Combined with computer modeling, these measurements helped establish how the different microscopic processes worked together to prevent brittle failure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Villanueva, on the other hand, depicts the department’s Luna era as a sweeping failure that has left morale low, deputy jobs unfilled and criminals unpunished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

He blamed Khrushchev for the failure of the summit.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The trust accepted full responsibility for these failures, external and said it was profoundly sorry they resulted in Eleanor's death.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Authorities have acknowledged security and intelligence failures that helped pave the way for the clashes, widespread looting and vandalism that erupted on October 17.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

But despite Cárdenas’ political failures, he remained a respected elder statesman and a central figure on the Mexican left until his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Where we’re seeing any breaches or failures, it’s on commercial or private residential property. Everyone has to do their part.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The parrot would call this the grandest of failures, I’m sure.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman


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