fiasco

Example Sentences

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This fiasco won’t easily fade into the noise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Their relative normalcy, and that of fellow marrieds Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth, is a soothing contrast to the textbook Fusco fiasco and the rest of the season’s red flag bearers.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

It’s hard for us mortals to know what that’s like, to have the burden to always win, and anything less is labeled a fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

And on Tuesday, Johnson was confronted with his own leaked messages to his advisers, in which he suggested he wanted to fire those in the DfE after the exam results fiasco of August 2020.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The event probably got more attention as a fiasco than it would have if things had gone smoothly.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling