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fiasco

[fee-as-koh, -ah-skoh] / fiˈæs koʊ, -ˈɑ skoʊ /


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The final straw was the 2020 fiasco when exams were cancelled and teachers estimated results for students.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The 2019 screen fiasco, which found countless ways to humiliate a cast that included Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, gave kitsch a bad name.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The Mike Vrabel Situation Has Gotten Very Awkward in New England: In an ideal world, the fiasco involving the Patriots coach and Dianna Russini could be a private matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The question now is whether this fiasco turns the temperature up again.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

But the tragic fiasco leading to his death helped propel the American medical community into the next century.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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