disastrous
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Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Yet somehow, a world war posed less of a threat to Hearts than the disastrous tenure of a Russian-Lithuanian owner who nearly spent the club into oblivion in the 2010s.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
This is the second month in a row that wages have lost ground against consumer prices, following a disastrous March.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
There has been speculation of a challenge to his leadership should the results prove to be disastrous for the party.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
This was the first time he had found himself almost alone with Slughorn since his disastrous first attempt to extract the true memory from him.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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