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
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
“I would rather flunk a writing test than expose the pathetic secrets of my heart,” Malcolm writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
This other teacher is going to flunk me.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2022
Wait for her to say something like: “What? Coach got you reading now? Afraid you’re gonna flunk out and drop off the team?”
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
If a plaintiff flunks this test, there’s no actual “controversy,” so the federal judiciary has no authority to hear the case.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2022
It was a loving and dutiful decision — the kind that flunks the test for American success.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2022
Andy’s so busy with his secretary planning the high-school graduation that he flunks a final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
If he flunks the test, he will not be alone in paying a price.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2018
“Well,” I said, “that’s only until he flunks out of community college and comes right back!”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Masse’s professors would have flunked him if he used artificial intelligence for designs and images, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Many readers flunked at least a few questions in the first quiz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He has been anonymous in his games so far and, if this was his big moment to announce himself, he flunked the test.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
The defending champion flunked her first run as world champion Atkin set the pace with 90.50.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
“Right, then I left my wallet in school and couldn’t pay for my potato wedgies. Then when I got home I banged up my ankle and found out that I flunked my English test.”
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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
Finally, Riley is also flunking the important realm of public perception.
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
“I wish it was helping their grades, though. Half my seventh graders are flunking this semester.”
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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