fiasco
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The question now is whether this fiasco turns the temperature up again.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
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
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 Partition of India in August 1947 was a colossal, and very British, fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
No offence to Frank, but after the fiasco at Fort Sumter Leo had become a conscientious objector to riding giant eagles.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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