debacle

This debacle is a first-world embarrassment of riches.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

In the wake of the Carruthers debacle, substantial questions were raised about Fowler’s ethics and competence, but they did not deter Tennessee from calling on him again.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

That would be a mess, and probably not a foreign debacle we only read about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sheeran went on without opening acts, causing the show's start time to be pushed back, after several musicians dropped out over the debacle.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The debacle was no surprise to several of us who had just been in Oxford for a Society of General Microbiology meeting on “The Nature of Viral Multiplication.”

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Expert input is essential to policymaking—but avoiding policy debacles means understanding the experts’ proper role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Perhaps the biggest humiliation — at least until the recent twin debacles of the Freedom 250 implosion and the Kennedy Center ruling — was the Super Bowl halftime show.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

As the many debacles over inheritances show, it can often get worse as we get older.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

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

Undoubtedly it will finally be repressed, but the danger of fresh debacles is weighing constantly on the country.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March