fail
Example Sentences
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"Now we really want nothing to do with the Canterbury structure," he said, "because it's failed to hold together any sense of biblical, historic Anglicanism."
From BBC
The majority of those who failed to take their required distributions—56.8%—were self-directed investors with less than $5,000 in their accounts.
From Barron's
The majority of those who failed to take their required distributions—56.8%—were self-directed investors with less than $5,000 in their accounts.
From Barron's
That said, about half the time when Santa fails to call, the market keeps going higher.
From MarketWatch
Never before has Santa failed to come three years in a row, Dow Jones Market Data showed.
From MarketWatch
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