fiasco
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"Order was lost, and an attempt was made to restore order. I believe that from start to finish, it was a fiasco," he said on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Every failure is fuel for the next fiasco.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
This six-fumble fiasco saw the Chargers end drives in this frustrating staccato: missed field goal, punt, interception, punt, touchdown, punt, end of half, touchdown, punt, punt, fumble, interception, safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
He described the fiasco surrounding the proposal as "a sad and reproachable series of events".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Everyone had abandoned ship after the photo fiasco.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
The fiascoes pile up during his full-tilt quest to achieve his dream of being a world champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Despite the litany of fiascoes over the last few years, probation leaders still argued in court filings that Bonta had gone too far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
From failed gender reveal to photo-shoot flops, read on for nine of the funniest parenting fiascoes that made headlines this year.
From Fox News ● Dec. 29, 2019
If you’re hosting a fearsome fiesta this year — one that distracts from the daily fearsome fiascoes on the front page of the paper — here are some tips for making spooktacular cocktails.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019
What happened next changed history and resulted in one of America's most tragic medical fiascoes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
If the fiascos Jobs encountered were largely of his own making, the successes often had to do with luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Live Nation, the group behind Ticketmaster and countless controversies surrounding ticket fiascos, is facing a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit later this week.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
Interviews in Barcelona and with executives around the world suggest that a year’s worth of fiascos has done little to diminish the enthusiasm of true believers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Hudson’s detractors point to the public-relations fiascos the group suffered under her watch, from #OscarsSoWhite to the “Moonlight”/“La La Land” envelope snafu to the Will Smith Slap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
He could see Bannister Field, the scene of his many hilarious athletic fiascos.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
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