flunk
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The difference between dropping the SAT and dropping the civil service examination is that incompetent students flunk out in a year or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Her night terrors are causing her to flunk out of college, and her roommate demands that she go home and get some answers so that she can get some sleep.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
This other teacher is going to flunk me.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2022
The crucial thing was not to flunk it now, not to panic, not to think what Mr. Blake and my parents'd do to me if I got caught.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
A driving examiner, she has the nickname “E-Z Pass,” because she never flunks an applicant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
The government automatically flunks this test any time the court determines that it lacks such an interest.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2021
Jack plays her love interest, beating Rock Hudson, who flunks his screen test by mixing up his lines.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2020
As a policy argument, Friedman’s thesis flunks key empirical tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2016
Casual and fun-loving, John almost flunks out of his new school until he considers the trust he's been given and the shame he would face if he returned without graduating.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
In 2023, OpenAI’s top model breezed through the grade-school math exam that previous machines had flunked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Incredibly, as much as people believe football gets players in the best shape of their life, Fine once flunked his conditioning test for lacrosse after playing football.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Turns out I hadn’t flunked technology after all.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Masse’s professors would have flunked him if he used artificial intelligence for designs and images, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
My shoulders slumped like I'd just flunked a final exam.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
The freshman and sophomore years were tough, with some core courses flunking or dropping almost half the students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
On each corner of 23rd Avenue and Jefferson Street, including by the Ezell’s Famous Chicken, protesters carried signs reading “Shots Fired, We’re Tired,” or “report cards” grading Seattle Public Schools as flunking on safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Riley is also flunking an offense where defending Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Caleb Williams seems disconnected and the playcalling seems just plain weird.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
He also described flunking his first chemistry exam as a first-year undergraduate student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2023
Char told Juju she was flunking English and it’s because Miss Saunders don’t like her.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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