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fiasco

[fee-as-koh, -ah-skoh] / fiˈæs koʊ, -ˈɑ skoʊ /


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After a 13-minute break, Tift said the meeting had "turned into a complete fiasco".

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

We were so excited to assign blame for the Platner fiasco in the first few entries that we forgot to offer anything forward-looking.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2026

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez rejected criticism from opposition deputies over the response, insisting: "This is not a fiasco -- we were prepared."

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Field, Mr. Tabor contends, was to blame for the fiasco, having bought the wrong cable-laying equipment, hired the wrong ships and employed the wrong captain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Reginald and I, after my fighting fiasco, had finally gotten back on good terms.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Those fiascoes were overtaken in the public eye by Alarcon’s worker-turned-enemy, L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2023

From failed gender reveal to photo-shoot flops, read on for nine of the funniest parenting fiascoes that made headlines this year.

From Fox News Dec. 29, 2019

If you’re hosting a fearsome fiesta this year — one that distracts from the daily fearsome fiascoes on the front page of the paper — here are some tips for making spooktacular cocktails.

From Washington Post Oct. 17, 2019

The good news is the state report makes multiple recommendations that, if followed, should help Florida’s universities avoid future accounting fiascoes, while strengthening boards of trustees and the Board of Governors, which oversees universities.

From Washington Times Mar. 13, 2019

What happened next changed history and resulted in one of America's most tragic medical fiascoes.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

If the fiascos Jobs encountered were largely of his own making, the successes often had to do with luck.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Live Nation, the group behind Ticketmaster and countless controversies surrounding ticket fiascos, is facing a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit later this week.

From Salon May 23, 2024

The push for air travel reform from the administration follows a spate of public fiascos.

From New York Times Mar. 6, 2023

Hudson’s detractors point to the public-relations fiascos the group suffered under her watch, from #OscarsSoWhite to the “Moonlight”/“La La Land” envelope snafu to the Will Smith Slap.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2022

Then he reminded the Bannister students of T. Haviland Hicks, Jr.'s, athletic fiascos, hilarious and otherwise, of three years.

From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by Elderdice, J. Raymond




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