fiasco
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For some of those companies, the Strait of Hormuz fiasco has been a stock boost.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The last time a soccer proposal caused such uproar was the ill-fated 2021 European Super League fiasco, which was shot down in the space of 48 hours following fan protests and political opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
We were so excited to assign blame for the Platner fiasco in the first few entries that we forgot to offer anything forward-looking.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
Similarly, the Sunday Mirror leads with "Kicking off", and pairs a photograph of England footballer Harry Kane with the caption "World Cup fiasco".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
She seemed fine in social studies, but we hadn’t talked about the fiasco weekend.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
More often it’s how mistakes turn into fiascoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
To celebrate such mistakes, mishaps and melees, read on for 10 of the funniest parenting fiascoes that made headlines this year.
From Fox News ● Dec. 30, 2020
The good news is the state report makes multiple recommendations that, if followed, should help Florida’s universities avoid future accounting fiascoes, while strengthening boards of trustees and the Board of Governors, which oversees universities.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 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
One would think fiascos like this would cure lawyers of their reliance on artificial intelligence chatbots to do their work for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
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
The financial fiascos weren’t enough to cancel the Crypties.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
She had come, not because she had the slightest sympathetic interest in Musa—on the contrary, she was coldly angry with him—but because she had a horror of fiascos.
From The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett
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