fiasco

Example Sentences

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A lockout delaying the 2027 season isn’t out of the question, which would be a fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The whole fiasco came to light after our recent raid in Venezuela, when Anthropic reportedly inquired after the fact if another Silicon Valley company involved in the operation, Palantir, had used Claude.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“This edict, combined with the current delay fiasco, has built a ‘wall’ for employers and employees who are already in the process of stamping.”

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

That was a long way of getting to the World Cup ticket fiasco, which has been both predictable and hilarious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

I follow her inside and that’s when I see Miss Celia Rae Foote’s suffered only a minor injury in the flour fiasco.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett