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Paul added: "If we're unable to resolve them amicably we expect a judge in the High Court to make an order which would involve payment of millions of pounds worth of damages to our clients."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

An October 2024 launch party with Will Smith and Alicia Keys proved premature, as rushed work left hotels riddled with construction problems and unable to open without hundreds of millions of dollars of fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

At one point on Saturday, the toilet was unable to dump its waste overboard, possibly due to a frozen vent line, Nasa said.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

They note that the main culprit was a “catastrophically bad control-room design” where workers “were unable to understand what was going wrong.”

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Indeed, there had only been one time during all Penelope’s student days in which she had been unable to complete an assignment, and the memory of it still made her itch.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood