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
This other teacher is going to flunk me.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2022
At MIT, meteorology majors who flunk Forecasting 101 are encouraged to switch to economics.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
It is all right with me if you flunk me though as I am flunking everything else except English anyway.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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
As a policy argument, Friedman’s thesis flunks key empirical tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2016
“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
“The surprising thing is,” said Violet, “when he flunked out of charm school, it was because he couldn’t learn the minuet.”
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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
First, he is flunking a defense that has been horribly mismanaged by his buddy Alex Grinch yet is continually supported by Riley.
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
He hadn’t started flunking out of school as a cry for help— there was no reason for them to search through his things.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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