failures
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Ofcom fined the corporation £150,000, saying it reflected "the extraordinary nature and seriousness of the BBC's failures".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Brigadier Giles Malec, head of the Army Safety Group, said the service recognised "the seriousness of the failures which led to Max's tragic death" and would "look to rectify any additional failures identified".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
He pointed to the Stuxnet virus in 2010, which caused a series of failures in Iran's centrifuge fleet used for uranium enrichment, as a past example.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
“We feel like we are also failures because we could have probably done something which would avoid this kind of scenario, but we don’t know what.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
But they would talk about past failures, like the cereal in the shape of little bowling pins and balls.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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