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[dey-, -bak-uhl, duh-, dee-bah-kuhl] / deɪ-, -ˈbæk əl, də-, diˈbɑ kəl /


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Appeared in the October 15, 2025, print edition as 'Death of a ‘Clean Energy’ Debacle'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Perfect proof was provided Sunday in Big D, where the unbeaten Steelers nearly had a Big Debacle against the woeful Cowboys.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2020

Perfect proof was provided Sunday in Big D, where the unbeaten Steelers nearly had a Big Debacle against the woeful Cowboys.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2020

This was a question that came up during the great Samsung Galaxy Fold Debacle of 2019, when a number of review units, including The Verge’s, appeared to break during testing.

From The Verge • Jul. 22, 2019

The town is frequently referred to in La Debacle.

From A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; by Patterson, J. G




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