be a fiasco
Example Sentences
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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
In particular, the 787’s outsourcing strategy turned out to be a fiasco, which even then-Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh was forced to concede in a Seattle Times report.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2019
When the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, February 24th, it will almost surely be a fiasco of historic proportions.
From The Verge ● Feb. 20, 2019
Many observers even thought the Blue Jackets’ second season under Coach John Tortorella would be a fiasco.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2016
This vexed me, for I began to wonder if the mission which I had embarked on so solemnly were not going to be a fiasco.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
