failings

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It is just 16 points from 14 league games since a 3-1 home win over Forest in January and that Villa remain in fifth place owes much to the failings of others.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

People who have worked with the executive say these failures frustrated him when he was on Wall Street and motivated his decision to try to fix the department’s failings through the public sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

After 35 years, the author returns to some of that book’s ideas, with multiple and dizzying variations on themes about ethics and human failings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

NS&I has apologised for the failings which are thought to affect some 37,500 people, with £470m involved.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The job was a sign of his failings.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri