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failing

noun as in lapse, shortcoming

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The statement said he graduated from the school in 2024 and carried out the attack after "failing to obtain his diploma due to poor exam results" and that he was unhappy with his internship pay.

From BBC

Aside from extortion, federal court records accuse Iza of hiding millions of dollars from tax collectors by failing to report income and funneling money through shell companies with co-conspirators.

He said that the US was failing, and that he was the only one who could fix things.

“Just to locate fire hydrants when the water system is failing — everything is dangerous out there,” Johnson said.

The coroner Louisa Fee said there had been multiple missed opportunities and failings in his care, and if he had been treated adequately the 37-year-old would have survived.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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