fiasco
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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
After the fiasco with Chapek, Disney turns to someone with a track record of successful succession planning at Morgan Stanley: James Gorman.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
This should allow the Swiss private bank to move on from its private-credit fiasco, analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
The Partition of India in August 1947 was a colossal, and very British, fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The Warlord gave his horde time to recuperate from the fiasco: a whole day’s leisure, with no recriminations and hardly any orders.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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