debacle
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OpenAI has already had a Ben & Jerry’s debacle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The official Instagram account for the Belgium national team also appeared to mock the debacle, posting a picture of striker Romelu Lukaku cupping his ear with the caption "overturn this".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
A former German transport minister faces a perjury trial related to a failed scheme to charge foreign motorists highway tolls, a debacle that cost the government hundreds of millions of euros.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Without a written agreement, this could be just the start of the child-support debacle, not the end of it.
From MarketWatch ● May 16, 2026
If a bit of reputation was all I had to show for this debacle, I’d have to do my best to build on it.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
As the many debacles over inheritances show, it can often get worse as we get older.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Spy agencies saw profound implications in the recent debacles, far beyond public humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The debacles “may have repercussions on the financial system more broadly,” warns junk bond guru Marty Fridson, chief executive officer of FridsonVision High Yield Strategy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
It is with this in mind, that the chancellor will promise the government has learnt the lessons of capital spending debacles, such as HS2.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025
So many things have happened to them, so many debacles and monsters and horrors have swept them off their feet … and always they have kept on—persisting through floods, volcanic eruptions, plagues and wars.
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben
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