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fiasco

[fee-as-koh, -ah-skoh] / fiˈæs koʊ, -ˈɑ skoʊ /


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Their relative normalcy, and that of fellow marrieds Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth, is a soothing contrast to the textbook Fusco fiasco and the rest of the season’s red flag bearers.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

A lockout delaying the 2027 season isn’t out of the question, which would be a fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The whole fiasco came to light after our recent raid in Venezuela, when Anthropic reportedly inquired after the fact if another Silicon Valley company involved in the operation, Palantir, had used Claude.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

This should allow the Swiss private bank to move on from its private-credit fiasco, analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The first trial, of a Los Alamos device code-named Bravo, was a fiasco, though one that brought a sort of perverse credit to the Los Alamos lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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