fail
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What these sales fail to capture is what people spend on services such as travel, recreation and entertainment.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
DNA becomes incorrectly folded, and important genes involved in heart development may fail to switch on when they are needed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Adding to the risks associated with the heatwave, a few tropical nights - where temperatures fail to drop below 20C - are also on the cards as increasingly humid air spreads into western areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Rovner: The best creative always comes from knowing it’s OK to fail, it’s OK to try something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
First she’d set Brooklyn up for an epic fail only to see her turn it into a huge victory.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
The current valuation for the U.K. wealth-management company fails to reflect a coming inflection point in its performance, with an expected EPS compound annual growth rate of 23% from 2026 through 2030, Holstein writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
This is a thing that begins making its way through Congress and eventually fails.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
It never fails to sound like a call to arms.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
If it fails, the opponent takes over at the spot the play ended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
They belong to a family of “inappropriate shifts” in which the writer fails to stay put at a single vantage point but vanishes from one and pops up at another.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
I like this recipe in particular because if the farmers market has otherwise failed you, there is a decent chance the pickle table has not.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
They got two more in the ninth after a second bases-loaded error by Edman came when he failed to field a choppy ground ball from David Hamilton, allowing Chourio and Lara to score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dr. Aaron Rollins, a celebrity plastic surgeon who was building a home on the island, got frustrated after four years of failed efforts to receive membership to the club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Two years ago, Werro failed to make it out of the heats at the Olympics which Hodgkinson would go on to win.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Three things never failed to shock the social worker: people’s capacity for cruelty, their capacity for kindness, and their capacity for change.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
GMB accused contractor Idverde of failing to recognise and value the workers' skills and experience, and of treating the London Living Wage as a maximum rather than a minimum.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Canadian officials have threatened to sue Stellantis for failing to meet its pledge to assemble the Jeep Compass in Brampton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Leavitt, by never failing to placate, flatter and worship her boss, has displayed a singular and decisive pathway, although not a very original one, to political success.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Only he can say for sure, but his companies are under federal investigation for failing to disclose and properly account for billions of dollars of loans among related entities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
For as much as I dreaded possibly failing the tryout, it would’ve been nice to at least get the chance to see what I could do.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
