fiasco
Example Sentences
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This fiasco won’t easily fade into the noise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
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
The foam fiasco was just one of the first hiccups since JPMorgan opened a bar inside a Manhattan office building.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
And on Tuesday, Johnson was confronted with his own leaked messages to his advisers, in which he suggested he wanted to fire those in the DfE after the exam results fiasco of August 2020.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
Her hands were now planted firmly on her hips and there was a look on her face which seemed to say, ‘I want no part of this fiasco.’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.