fiasco
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The not-so-Super Rams return to the scene of that fiasco on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Every failure is fuel for the next fiasco.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The optimal number is zero, to judge from a new report into the fiasco of a Federal Reserve building project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He described the fiasco surrounding the proposal as "a sad and reproachable series of events".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The first trial, of a Los Alamos device code-named Bravo, was a fiasco, though one that brought a sort of perverse credit to the Los Alamos lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
One analogy is to the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law, enacted after the WorldCom and Enron fiascoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
One can only hope that these are growing pains, that as with early dubbing fiascoes, the streaming services will realize that writing and editing around commercials is an art form in itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
Oakland was too understanding during the fiascoes with his frostbitten feet and helmet grievances.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2019
What happened next changed history and resulted in one of America's most tragic medical fiascoes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Final second fiascos for Washington and Philadelphia lead to maddening finishes—and a crush of second-guessing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
Lawmakers repeatedly asked what went wrong in the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank fiascos.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
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
The celebrated Ibsen honored this feast with his presence, and especially honored the Chianti and Genzano wines, which were served copiously, in fiascos.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
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