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fiascoes

noun

plural of fiasco

as in disasters

something that has failed undaunted by his early fiascoes, he continued his experiments in rocketry

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Recent Examples of fiascoes Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026 Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Cheap financial capital has flooded into the industry, lowering the cost of protecting against disasters, but Bäte thinks the trend cannot continue forever.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
City leaders recognize the difficulty for families and communities dealing with vacant disasters.

— Bryant Reed, CBS News, 2 July 2026

Definition of disasters

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According to Castillo, one of the most significant failures has been the tendency to treat many squatter complaints as civil disputes rather than criminal investigations.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Spence also appears to be absorbing the blame for broader failures, with Thomas Tuchel’s touchline frustrations obvious and — for a player still establishing himself at this level — that scrutiny is unlikely to help.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of failures

Noun

The Braves are finally good again after a series of disappointments.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Engagement is nonnegotiable; the only real choice is whether to pair cash with deep understanding or keep deploying context-blind models and relive the same disappointments.

— Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of disappointments

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Prominent voices fear that the end result of the transformative technology is a job bloodbath and national security catastrophes, while others believe a new era of productivity is ready to be unlocked, with society living longer and healthier lives.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Healthcare registers the effects of climate catastrophes, ecosystem failures and food shortages that also fuel political and social crises.

— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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